Given name
Cecylia
“blind”
Cecylia is a feminine given name from Latin. It is used in Polish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cecylia goes back to Latin Caecilia, meaning “blind.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cecylia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 145
- 0 boys · 145 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 522 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cecylia’s family of names
In Polish usage, Cecylia has a diminutive in Cęcka. In Polish usage, Cecylia has a conventional equivalent in the English form Cecilia. In Polish usage, Cecylia has a conventional equivalent in the German form Cäcilia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Cecylia has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
4 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- CeciliaItalian, English
- Celineequivalent
- Celinaequivalent
- Celiaequivalent
- Cecilieequivalent
- Silkeequivalent
- Cecíliaequivalent
- Célineequivalent
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People named Cecylia
- Maria RoszakPolish nun, Righteous among the Nations1908–2018
- Cecilia Yu So-saKorean martyr, catholic saint1761–1839
- Cecylia Plater-ZyberkPolish journalist (1853–1920)
- Cecylia Maria RadziwiłłPolish-Lithuanian noble lady (c.1643-1682)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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