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Baby Name Drusilla |
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Meaning of Drusilla - What does the name Drusilla means? |
Pronunciation: |
droo-sill-ah | |
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Biblical |
Name Meaning: |
Feminine form of Drusus, an old family of the Livian gens, which is of uncertain derivation. See Drusilla (Italian Names). The name is borne in the Bible by a daughter of Herod Agrippa I. She was the wife of Felix, procurator of Judea, and was present when Paul appeared before Felix at Caesarea. She and her young son perished in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius (a.D. 79). (Acts 24) |
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