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Meaning of name Cecelia

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Meaning

The name Cecelia has the following meaning:

Female form of Cecil, this name means "blind one". Traceable to a Roman clan name. Also refers to Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

Popularity

As a baby girl name, Cecelia is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 719 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Cecelia rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 21 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 738 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Cecelia in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Origins

The name Cecelia is very likely a(n) Latin variant of the name Cecilia. See other suggested Latin girl baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Cecilia.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Cecelia and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Cecelia: Boys - Dominic, Girls - Adriana, Clarabelle, Deifilia, Karley, Marcie, Rosa, Velvet, Zona, Both genders - Adrian, Justin

Variants

The name Cecelia is a variant of Cecilia. Other popular variants of the name Cecilia are: Caceli, Cacelia, Caecilia (German), Cece, Ceceilia, Ceceley, Ceceli, Cecelia, Cecely, Cecil, Cecila, Cecile (French), Cecilea, Ceciley, Ceciliane, Cecilija (Slovene), Cecilla, Cecille, Cecillia, Cecilya, Cecilyann, Ceclia, Cecyl, Cecyle, Cecylia (Polish), Cee, Ceil, Ceila, Ceilagh, Ceileh, Ceileigh, Ceilena, Cela, Cele, Celia (Latin), Celli, Cellie, Cesilia, Cicelia, Cicely, Cicily, Cilia, Cilka (Slovene), Cilly, Cissey, Cissi, Cissie, Cissy, Kikelia, Kikylia, Sacilia, Sasilia, Sasilie, Seelia, Seelie, Seely, Sesilia, Sessaley, Sesseelya, Sessile, Sessilly, Sessily, Sheila (Irish), Sile (Irish), Sileas (Scottish), Silja (Finnish), Silje (Norwegian), Siseel, Sisel (Yiddish), Sisely, Siselya, Sisifiya, Sisile, Sissela, Sissie, Sissy, Zisel (Yiddish)

Style

We think the name Cecelia should fall under the following style category: Catholic.

See other Catholic girl names

Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Cecelia to be: Kind and attractive woman

In one word, you might describe Cecelia as a(n) "kind" person.

See other "kind" names for girls.

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Famous persons

See the meaning of Cecilia for names of some famous persons with the name Cecelia or Cecilia (or their variants).
Chloe (24)
Courtney (102)
Caitlin (128)
Cheyenne (135)
Cassidy (141)
Cassandra (142)
Crystal (158)
Chelsea (176)
Charlotte (178)
Carly (189)
Cassandera
Celicia
Casandra
Charitey
Chandal
Chaylea
Cassity
Charty
Charmein
Celek
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