CECILIA  

Gender: F
Origin: Latin
Meaning: "blind one"

Popularity in 2008: #270

Delicate feminine form of Cecil, from a Roman clan name, beginning to be rediscovered. Saint Cecilia is the patron of music. Caceli, Cacelia, Cece, Ceceilia, Ceceley, Cecely, Ceceli, Cecil, Cecila, Cecilea, Ceciley, Ceciliane, Cecilija, Cecilla, Cecille, Cecillia, Cecilya, Cecilyann, Ceclia, Cecyl, Cecyle, Cee, Ceil, Ceila, Ceilagh, Ceileh, Ceileigh, Ceilena, Cela, Cele, Celia, Celie, Celli, Cellie, Cesia, Cesilia, Cesya, Cicelia, Cicely, Cicily, Cile, Cilia, Cilly, Cissey, Cissi, Cissie, Cissy, Kikelia, Kikylia, Sacilia, Sasilia, Sasilie, Seelia, Seelie, Seely, Sesilia, Sessaley, Sesseelya, Sessile, Sessilly, Sessily, Sheila, Sile, Siseel, Sisely, Siselya, Sisile, Sisifiya, Sissela, Sissie, Sissy.

International Variations:
Silje (Danish) Silja (Finnish) Cécile (French) Caecilia (German) Síle (Irish) Cecylia (Polish) Sìleas (Scottish) Cecilija, Cilka (Slovene) Sisel, Zisel (Yiddish)

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