Given name & surname
Sissel
“one who is blind”
Sissel is a variant of Sissy. In English use, Sissy carries the interpretation “one who is blind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sissel is a variant of Sissy. In English use, Sissy carries the interpretation “one who is blind.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Scandinavian use, Sissel is used as a form of Cicely.
Sissel’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Sissel is a diminutive of Cecilie. Sissel shares a linguistic root with Cicely. Sissel has a related form in Sissy.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sissel
- Sissel KyrkjebøNorwegian sopranoborn 1969
- Sissel RønbeckNorwegian politicianborn 1950
- Sissel TolaasNorwegian installation artistborn 1959
- Sissel SellægNorwegian actress (1928-2014)
- Sissel BuchholdtNorwegian handball playerborn 1951
- Sissel Benneche OsvoldNorwegian journalistborn 1945
- Sissel Vera Pettersenjazz vocalist and saxophonistborn 1977
- Sissel GrottenbergNorwegian athletics competitor (born 1956)
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