Cecilia

Cecília Cécilia Cecilía English Etymology From en la Caecilia, feminine form of la Caecilius, a Roman family name possibly derived from the byname la caecus blind. Popularized by Saint Cecilia, third century Roman martyr, the patron saint of music. en Sheila. Pronunciation en /sɪˈsiːli.ə/ /sɪˈsɪli.ə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cecilia.wav Southern England en iːliə 4 Proper noun en female Latin. en 1694 w:Joseph Addison A Song for St. Cecilia's Day Hark how the flutes and trumpets raise / At bright Cecilia's name, their lays! Book I, Chapter II ‘Sissy is not a name,’ said Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Don’t call yourself Sissy. Call yourself Cecilia.’ ‘It’s father as calls me Sissy, sir,’ returned the young girl in a trembling voice, and with another curtsey. ‘Then he has no business to do it,’ said Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Tell him he mustn’t. Cecilia Jupe. Let me see. What is your father?’ en 1928 Lynn Montross Silent Minstrel w:American Magazine 106 14 Because they had named her Cecilia, her parents fancied that the matter of her life and character had been fairly well settled. She would, of course, be quiet and pale and mystical, like the saint whose picture hung above the old upright piano in the Kirby living-room. Related terms pet forms en Sissy, en Ceecee, en CeeCee, en Cici, en Ceci variants en Cecelia, en Cecile, en Cecily, en Cicely male form en Cecil related names en Sheila (alternate spellings: en Sheela, en Sheelagh, en Shelagh, en Sheilagh, en Sile), en Celia (often regarded as a short form of Cecilia) Translations female given name Breton: br Aziliz f Bulgarian: bg Сеси́лия f, bg Цеци́лия f, bg Чечи́лия f Carpathian Rusyn: rue Цеці́лія f Catalan: ca Cecília f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 塞西莉亞 Sàixīlìyà, cmn 則濟利亞 Zéjìlìyà Catholic Czech: cs Cecílie f Danish: da Cecilie c Esperanto: eo Cecilia Estonian: et Silja Faroese: fo Silja f Finnish: fi Silja French: fr Cécile f Galician: gl Icía f German: de Cäcilie f Greek: el Καικιλία f Hawaiian: haw Kikilia Hungarian: hu Cecília Irish: ga Síle f, ga Sisile f Italian: it Cecilia f Latin: la Caecilia f, la Cæcilia f alternate with the “æ” ligature Manx: gv Kial f, gv Kickle f, gv Sheelagh f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Cecilie f Nynorsk: nn Cecilie f Occitan: oc Celha f, oc Ceselha f, oc Cecília f Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Цецилия f Polish: pl Cecylia f Portuguese: pt Cecília f Russian: ru Сеси́лия f, ru Цеци́лия f Scottish Gaelic: gd Sìle f, gd Sìleas f Slovak: sk Cecília f Spanish: es Cecilia f Swedish: sv Cecilia c See also en Celia Latin: Caelia, from Caelius, probably from caelum (“heaven”) Finnish Etymology From fi sv Cecilia, from fi la Caecilia. Pronunciation sesi(:)lia Proper noun fi female Swedish Declension Cecili a Statistics dvv_20250813 1453 3727 318 References German Proper noun de proper noun de female Cäcilia Italian Pronunciation Cecìlia Proper noun f it female Cecilia Anagrams it acceiil celiaci ciecali Spanish Pronunciation Proper noun f es female Cecilia Swedish Etymology From sv la - saint's name la Caecilia. First recorded in Sweden in the 12th century. Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Cecilia.wav Proper noun c sv female Cecilia References Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0 Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 63 761 females with the given name Cecilia living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.