Casilda

Spanish, meaning uncertain

Famous People Named Casilda

• Casilda Igarzábal (1774 1844), wife of Argentine revolutionary patriot Nicolás Rodríguez Peña (one of the leaders of the May Revolution, which started the Argentine War of Independence)
• Casilda Iturrizar Basque philanthropist
• Cacilda Becker (1921 1969), Brazilian actress
• Cacilda Borges Barbosa (1914 2010), Brazilian pianist, conductor and composer, who was one of the pioneers of electronic music in Brazil

The name Casilda in Pop Culture

• Cassilda character in "The King in Yellow" (1895), a book of short stories by American writer Robert W. Chambers; referenced in HBO show "True Detective"
• Casilda character in the opéra comique "La part du diable" (1843)
• International variations: Cacilda Casilde