Given name

Cecílie

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

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Cecílie comes from Latin.

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How it developed

From Latin Caecilia.

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Cecílie’s family of names

In Czech usage, Cecílie has a diminutive in Cecilka. In Czech usage, Cecílie has a conventional equivalent in the English form Cecilia. In Czech usage, Cecílie has a related form in Cecilie.

Walk Cecílie’s family in the name graph

CecílieCécilieCecilieCilkaCílinkaCecilkaCílaCeciliaCécileCäcilia

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

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Cecílie has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

CzechLatin

8 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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 5

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 3

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

See also 5

Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.

Similar names

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Latin

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Latin

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Latin

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Latin

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Cecilía is a feminine given name. It is used in Icelandic.

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>99% girls

Latin

Céphise

Céphise is a feminine given name, possibly from Latin. It is used in French.

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>99% girls

Latin

Stéphanie

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

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Latin

Cecilija

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

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Ancient Greek

Sibylle

Sibylle is a feminine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in German.

No U.S. birth series

1% boys · 99% girls

Sibling ideas

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