Esca

ES-ka

Gaelic

"water"

Esca Origin and Meaning

The name Esca is a boy's name meaning "water".

The name Esca appears in Rosemary Sutcliff's 1954 historical adventure novel The Eagle of the Ninth, which is set in 2nd century Roman Britain. Esca is the name of a freed slave who accompanies his ex-master Marcus Flavius Aquila on various adventures. He was portrayed in the 2011 film adamptation The Eagle by English actor Jamie Bell.

Esca is thought to derive from the Gaelic uisce, meaning "water" (which is also where the word "whisky" comes from!)

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