Meaning & origin
How it developed
In English usage, Cissy is a diminutive of Cicely.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1946. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cissy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 430
- 0 boys · 430 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 26 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 6 in 1997. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 26 in 1971. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 518 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.
Cissy’s family of names
In English usage, Cissy is a diminutive of Cicely. Cissy has a related form in Cecilia.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Cissy
- Cissy van MarxveldtDutch writer (1889–1948)
- Cissy WangHong Kong modelborn 1981
- Cissy JonesAmerican voice actressborn 1979
- Cissy KityoUgandan physician and medical researcherborn 1962
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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