Cecil - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Cecil \

, also used as girl's name Cecil, is pronounced SESS-ul, SEE-sul. It is of Latin and Old Welsh origin, and its meaning is "blind; sixth". From the Roman clan name Caecilius, derived from Caecus. Also an Anglicised form of a Welsh surname of a great noble family (Seissylt, from the Latin name Sextilius, from Sextus). Saint Cecilius was a priest of Carthage (third century). Cecil Rhodes was an industrialist and founder of Rhodesia in the Victorian era. Film director Cecil B. De Mille; photographer Cecil Beaton.

Cecil has 3 variant forms: Cecilio, Cecilius and Celio.

Baby names that sound like Cecil are Sicily and Sicilly.

Cecil is a very common first name for men (#214 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#3072 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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