Given name & surname · also Middle English
Sisley
“one who is blind”
Sisley is a variant of Sissy. In English use, Sissy carries the interpretation “one who is blind.”
Original LatinCaecilia
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sisley is a variant of Sissy. In English use, Sissy carries the interpretation “one who is blind.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sisley comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Sisley as a surname developed from CAECILIA.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sisley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 0 boys · 17 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 6 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 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 559 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sisley’s family of names
In English usage, Sisley as a surname developed from the Latin form CAECILIA. Sisley has a related form in Sissy.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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