Entry № 2174 · Latin origin

Septima Septima — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SEP-tih-mah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Seventh (queen mother of civil rights)"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Latin)

A name that means "seventh (queen mother of civil rights)".

Septima is the Latin feminine of septimus ("seventh"). **Septima Poinsette Clark (1898-1987)** was the **African-American educator known as the "Queen Mother" of the Civil Rights Movement**. Her **Citizenship Schools** trained over 10,000 organizers across the American South in literacy and voter registration — laying the grassroots foundation for the entire civil rights era. **Andrew Young called her "the architect of the Civil Rights Movement."**

Awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor.

Queen Mother of Civil Rights. Trained over 10,000 grassroots organizers in literacy and voter registration.

The name in its native script.

Septima
Transliteration
Septima
Pronunciation
/ ˈsɛp.tɪ.mə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Septima stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Septima · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Septimas before her.

Real people
Septima Poinsette Clark
Civil rights educator.
1898 – 1987
In fiction
Septima
Subject of civil rights documentaries.

Names connected to Septima.

The number behind Septima.

2

The Diplomat

Septima reduces to two — the number of civil rights queen mother.

Why families chose this name.

"Queen Mother of Civil Rights. Seven letters. Septima."
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