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Captola
How to Pronounce Captola
Pronounced kap-TOH-luh /kæpˈtoʊ.lə/Medium
Meaning: Captola is a rare early-twentieth-century American name, almost certainly a form of Capitola. That name was made famous by Capitola Black, the daring heroine of E. D. E. N. Southworth's widely read 1859 novel The Hidden Hand, and it also survives as a California place-name. Captola has no traditional dictionary meaning of its own.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Captola is a scarce American name of the early twentieth century, most plausibly a variant of Capitola. That name reached readers through Capitola Black, the fearless heroine of E. D. E. N. Southworth's hugely popular novel The Hidden Hand, and it also lives on as a California coastal town. Captola itself has no dictionary meaning; its story is literary rather than etymological.
Captola was never common, given to only about twenty girls a year at its faint peak around 1920, and it had all but disappeared by the mid nineteen-thirties. A girl named Captola then would be past a hundred today.
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What does the name Captola mean?
It is most likely a form of Capitola, the spirited heroine of E. D. E. N. Southworth's novel The Hidden Hand; it has no traditional dictionary meaning.
How do you pronounce Captola?
It is said kap-TOH-luh /kæpˈtoʊ.lə/, three syllables with the stress in the middle.
Is Captola a boy or girl name?
Captola is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Captola?
It has always been very rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak around the nineteen-twenties.