Given name
Sissy
“one who is blind”
In English use, Sissy carries the interpretation “one who is blind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Sissy carries the interpretation “one who is blind.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
In English use, Sissy may be used as an affectionate form of Cicely. Sissy is used as a form of Cecilia. This connection is uncertain.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sissy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 710
- 0 boys · 710 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 27 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 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 27 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,323 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.
Sissy’s family of names
In English usage, Sissy is a diminutive of Cecilia. Sissy has a related form in Sissel. Sissy is a form of Cecilia.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Ceciliafull form · English
- Cecilyfull form
- Cicelyfull form
- Sisleyvariant
- Sissievariant
- Sissyelikely variant
- Syssivariant
- Syssyvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
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 Sissy
- Sissy SpacekAmerican actressborn 1949
- Sissy van AlebeekDutch racing cyclistborn 1976
- Sissy HöffererAustrian actressborn 1955
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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