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What does Cicely mean?
Cicely 
as a girls' name is pronounced SISS-a-lee. It is of Latin and Old Welsh origin, and the meaning of Cicely is "blind; sixth". The English variant of Cecily and Cecilia. Common in the Middle Ages. Actresses Cicely Courtneidge, Cicely Tyson.
Variations
VARIANTS Cecile▼, Cecily, Cis, Cissie, Cissy, Sis, Sisley, Sissie, Sissy
OTHER FORMS VIA CECILIA, CECILY Cacelia, Ceceley, Ceceli, Cecelia▼, Cecely, Cecelyn, Ceciel, Cecil▼, Cecila, Ceciley, Cecyl, Cecyle, Cela, Cele, Cescily, Cicelie, Cici, Cicilia, Cicilie, Cicily, Cile, Cili, Cilla, Cilly, Seely, Sicili, Sisely, Siselya
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Cicely Noa (C.N.), ..
How popular is Cicely?
Cicely is a somewhat prominent first name for females (#2839 out of 4276, Top 66%) but an uncommon last name for all people. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Cicely was first listed in 1970-1979 and reached its top rank of #1136 in the U.S. then, but is not listed currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Popular alternative forms of Cicely ranked in the Top 2000 are Cecelia (#595 VIA LATEST LIST), Cecil, Cecile, Cecilia (#155), Cecily (#1531), Cele and Cilla. Other variants, like Cecila, are seldom used. These forms of Cicely were favored by parents 118 years ago (AVERAGE #1107) and are somewhat less conventional today (#1535, DOWN 46.8%), with forms such as Cecelia becoming less in vogue. Cecilia is more familiar than the rest.
Similar Names
Cicely is alike in pronunciation to Sicilly and Sicily. Other recommended sound-alike names are Aracely▼, Arely, Aricelly (see Araceli), Ashely▼, Billy▼, Cacey, Cadey, Caela, Cailey▼, Caisey, Caitey, Caley, Cally, Camela, Carel, Carely, Carey▼, Carly▼, Caroly, Catelyn, Catey, Caycey (see Casey), Charly, Chel, Chela, Chelcy, Chele, Chell, Chelo, Chels, Chelsy▼, Chery, Chicky, Cidney, Ciera▼, Cindel, Cindell, Cindl, Cindy▼, Cinny, Cinthy, Circe, Cissey, Cloey, Codey, Coel, Coley, Colly, Coraly, Corly, Cybel, Cybele, Eily, Emely, Emmely, Gilly, Gricely, Haely, Hilly, Janely, Jilly, Joely, Keely▼, Keyely, Lilly, Lily▲, Milly, Nately, Neely, Rozely (see Rosalie), Sarely, Tilly and Willy. These names tend to be less frequently used than Cicely.
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