Given name
Cécilia
Cécilia is a feminine given name from Latin. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
Cécilia’s family of names
In French usage, Cécilia shares a linguistic root with the English form Cecilia. In French usage, Cécilia has a related form in Cécile. In French usage, Cécilia has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Καικιλία.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Cécilia has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Cécilia
- Cécilia Attiasformer wife of former French President Nicolas Sarkozyborn 1957
- Cécilia BerderFrench fencerborn 1989
- Cécilia CaraFrench actress and singerborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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