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♀ Cecil (girl)
What does Cecil mean?
Cecil 
▼ as a name for girls (also used more widely as boys' name Cecil) means "blind; sixth". Cecil is a variant form of Cecilia (Latin, Old Welsh).
STARTS WITH Ce-
Variations
VARIANTS Sisile, Siseel, Sessile, Cecyle, Cecyl, Cecille, Cecile▼
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA CECILIA Ceceilia, Ceceley, Ceceli, Cecelia▼, Cecely, Cecelyn, Ceciel, Cecila, Cecilea, Cecilee, Ceciley, Cecilie, Cecilija, Cecilla, Cecillia, Cecily, Ceclia, Cecylia, Cee, Ceil, Ceila, Ceileh, Ceilia, Cela, Cele, Celia▼, Celie, Celli, Cellie, Cescily, Cesia, Cesilie, Cesya, Cicely, Cici, Cicilia, Cicilie, Cicily, Cile, Cili, Cilia, Selia
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Cecol, ..
(male) Cecar, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Cecil Royal (C.R.), ..
How popular is Cecil?
Cecil is a very prominent first name for women (#1338 out of 4276, Top 31%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#2804 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Cecil reached its top rank of #284 in the U.S. during the years 1890-1899, but is not listed at the moment. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Popular related forms of Cecil are Cecelia (#595 LAST YEAR), Cecile, Cecilia (#155), Cecille, Cecily (#1531), Ceil, Cele, Celia (#936), Celie and Cicely. Other forms, like Cee, are uncommon. Adoption of these relations of Cecil reached its most widespread in the 1900s (AVERAGE #1050) and has become significantly less since (#1565, 57.6% LESS USAGE), with versions such as Celia becoming less stylish. Cecilia has historically been preferred by parents.
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Beril, Caci, Cacia, Cacie, Ceili, Ceri, Ceria, Crecia, Cybil and Teil. These names tend to be less frequently used than Cecil.
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