Name Group Cecil/Cecilia

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, 4:Cecília Brazil 2023, 6:Sheila England+Wales 1934, 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

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

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