Given name

Sesilia

Sesilia is a feminine given name. It is used in Faroese.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Sesilia isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Sesilia through the years

Babies since 1880
91
0 boys · 91 girls
Most popular year
2001
8 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Sesilia in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1987–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 193 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.

Sesilia’s family of names

Sesilia may belong to the same name family as SESILLIA. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Sesilia’s family in the name graph

SesiliaSesilíaCeciliaCesiliaSissela

Inner ring: spellings · 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.

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.

Similar names

If you love Sesilia, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Seliah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Seairah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Natailia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Seniya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Jescenia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Ceionna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Alexsia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Canasia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Sesilia’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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