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Cecilia

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Pronunciation
  
(varies) sess-seel'yah

Name day
  
November 22

Meaning
  
Blind

Gender
  
Female

Word/name
  
Latin

Nickname(s)
  
Celia, Cece

Cecilia

Cecilia, which is the name of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music, has been a consistently used name in the United States, where it has ranked among the top 500 names for girls for more than 100 years. It was the 181st most popular name for American girls born in 2015. It was the 326th most popular given name for women and girls in the United States census of 1990. It also ranked among the top 100 names for girls born in Sweden in the early years of the 21st century.

Contents

Feminine variant forms

  • Cäcilia (German)
  • Cäcilie (German)
  • Caecilia (German), (Latin)
  • Καικιλία (Greek)
  • Cecelia (English)
  • Cecie (English)
  • Cecil (Hungarian, diminutive form of Cecília)
  • Cecile (English)
  • Cecilia (Dutch), (English), (Esperanto), (Finnish), (German), (Italian), (Spanish), (Swedish), (Galician), (Romanian)
  • Cecília (Hungarian), (Portuguese), (Slovak), (Catalan)
  • Cecille (English)
  • Cécile (Dutch), (French)
  • Cecílie (Czech)
  • Cecilie (Czech), (Danish), (Norwegian)
  • Cecilija (Slovene), (Croatian)
  • Ceciliya (Russian)
  • Cecilly (English)
  • Cecily (English)
  • Cecylia (Polish)
  • Ceil (English)
  • Ceila (English)
  • Cecía (Galician)
  • Cecília (Portuguese)
  • Celia (English), (Italian), (Spanish)
  • Celinda (English)
  • Cicelle (Hungarian)
  • Cicelle (Hungarian, archaic form)
  • Cicely (English)
  • Cila (Slovene), (Croatian)
  • Cili (Hungarian)
  • Cilika (Slovene)
  • Cilka (Slovene)
  • Cilla (Dutch), (Swedish), (Galician)
  • Cille (Danish)
  • Cis (English)
  • Cissolt (Manx)
  • Cissy (English)
  • Kikilia (Hawaiian)
  • Sas (English)
  • Seçil (Turkish)
  • Sesselja (Icelandic)
  • Sesilia (English)
  • Shayla (English)
  • Sheelagh (English), (Hiberno-English)
  • Sheila (English), (Hiberno-English)
  • Shelagh (English), (Hiberno-English)
  • Shelia (English)
  • Síle (Irish Gaelic)
  • Sìleas (Scottish Gaelic)
  • Sidsel (Norwegian), (Danish)
  • Silja (Estonian), (Finnish), (Icelandic)
  • Silje (Danish), (Estonian), (Norwegian)
  • Silke (German)
  • Sille (Estonian), (Danish)
  • Sis (English)
  • Sisalia (English archaic form)
  • Sisel (Yiddish)
  • Sisilia (Indonesian)
  • Sissel (Norwegian), (Danish)
  • Sissela (Swedish)
  • Sissie (English)
  • Sissy (English)
  • Sissely (Welsh)
  • Tsetsiliya (Russian)
  • Zilla (German)
  • Zisel (Yiddish)
  • Zizilia (German)
  • Zizilie (German)
  • 西西莉亞 (Chinese)
  • Masculine variants

  • Caecilius (Latin)
  • Cecil (English)
  • Cecilio (Italian), (Portuguese), (Spanish)
  • References

    Cecilia Wikipedia