Comes from the Latin and means admirable mother and/or teacher. Mexicans will name their daughters Escolastica usually after the child's grandma. They do it after asking God and the Virgen de Guadalupe for a huge favor and if God complies they will name their daughter Escolastica without giving it a
second thought. An Escolastica will get made fun of until she develops at which time guys will say its a beautiful name as a poor excuse for a
compliment. Don't name your child Escolastica because its a hard name for non-Mexicans to say and the name will be butchered
over and over again.