Group info: | Language of origin: | Latin |
Info about origin, female: | female form of the Roman family name Caecilius which might be of unknown Etruscan origin |
| normally seen as deriving from Latin caecus (blind) |
| known from Saint Cecilia, a martyr (3rd century AD) |
Words: | caecus = blind Latin |
Topics: | Roman family name |
Variants' top ranks: | 1:Cecilie Denmark 1997, 2:Silje Norway 1998, 6:Sheila England+Wales 1934, 6:Cecília Brazil 2022, 9:Sesili Georgia 2018, 23:Cecilia Sweden 2014, 34:Cecil England+Wales 1904, 36:Sille Denmark 2001, 39:Silja Finland/Finnish 2007, 41:Silke Denmark 2010 |
Somehow related to: | Ceciliano |
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Name variants: All variants, grouped by language of use | Language | Female Variants | Male Variants |
German | Cäcilia, Cäcilie, Cecilia, Cecilie, Silja, Silka, Silke, Sylke | Silko |
Portuguese | Cecília | |
Scandinavian | Cecilia, Silja, Silje, Sille | |
Low German | Silja, Silka, Silke, Sylke | |
Dutch | | Cecilius |
Frisian | Silja, Silka, Silke, Sylke | |
English | Cecelia, Cecilia, Cecily, Shayla, Sheila, Shelia, Sheyla, Shyla, Sissy | Cecil |
French | Cécile, Cylia | |
Spanish | Cecilia | Cecilio |
Italian | Cecilia | Cecilio |
Irish | Sheila, Sile | |
Latin | Caecilia | Caecilius |
Georgian | Sesili | |
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Name variants: 24 female and 5 male name variants, sorted by name and gender | Name | Languages of Use |
Cäcilia | German |
Cäcilie | German |
Caecilia | Latin |
Cecelia | English |
Cécile | French |
Cecilia | German, Spanish, Scandinavian, Italian, English |
Cecília | Portuguese |
Cecilie | German |
Cecily | English |
Cylia | French |
Sesili | Georgian |
Shayla | English |
Sheila | English, Irish |
Shelia | English |
Sheyla | English |
Shyla | English |
Sile | Irish |
Silja | German, Frisian, Low German, Scandinavian |
Silje | Scandinavian |
Silka | German, Frisian, Low German |
Silke | German, Frisian, Low German |
Sille | Scandinavian |
Sissy | English |
Sylke | German, Frisian, Low German |
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