| Name info: About the name Silja in particular | | Gender: | female |
| Languages of use: | German, Frisian, Low German, Scandinavian |
| Is short form of: | Cäcilie |
| US 2021 rank: | not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below |
| Similarly written: | Ilja, Lilja, Milja, Sila, Silje, Silka, Silva, Sinja, Vilja, Aila Details |
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| Group info: About Cecil/Cecilia, the group of names with the same origin as Silja | | 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 |
| Old/original forms: | Caecilia Latin, Caecilius Latin |
| Name variants: | Cäcilia, Cäcilie, Cecelia, Cécile, Cecilia, Cecília, Cecilie, Cecily, Cylia, Sesili, Shayla, Sheila, Shelia, Sheyla, Shyla, Sile, Silja, Silje, Silka, Silke, Sille, Sissy, Sylke, Cecil, Cecilio, Cecilius, Silko Sortable list Details |
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