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Cecília

“blind”

Cecília is a feminine given name from Latin. It is used in Portuguese, Hungarian, Catalan, Occitan, and 1 other language.

Original LatinCaecilia

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Meaning & origin

What it means

Cecília goes back to a word meaning “blind.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Cecília comes from Latin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Slovak usage, Cecília developed from CAECILIA.

Cecília’s family of names

In Slovak usage, Cecília has a diminutive in CILKA. In Portuguese usage, Cecília shares an earlier linguistic root with Sheila. In Hungarian usage, Cecília has a conventional equivalent in the English form Cecilia.

Walk Cecília’s family in the name graph

CecíliaCéciliaCecilíaCilkaCiľkaCeciliaCeliaSheilaCelineCelinaCecilieCecyliaSilkeCaeciliaCécileCäciliaCéliaCèliaCélineCecílio

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Cecília has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

LatinSlovak

Latinwhere Cecília comes from · 1 name

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 15

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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People named Cecília

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Latin

Cecilija

Cecilija is a feminine given name. It is used in Serbo-Croatian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Latin

Scipia

Scipia is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Old English.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Latin

Eligia

Eligia is a feminine given name from Latin. It is used in Italian.

No U.S. birth series

5% boys · 95% girls

Latin

Cecílie

Cecílie is a feminine given name. It is used in Czech.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Ancient Greek

Eulàlia

Eulàlia is a feminine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Catalan.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Latin

Celestinas

Celestinas is a given name from Latin. It is used in Lithuanian.

No U.S. birth series

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Old High German

Othilia

“wealth, riches”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Latin

Létizia

Létizia is a feminine given name from Latin. It is used in French.

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

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