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What does Silke mean?
Silke 
as a girls' name has the meaning "blind; sixth". Silke is an alternate spelling of Cecilia (Latin, Old Welsh).
STARTS WITH Si-
Variations
VARIANT Cilka
OTHER FORMS VIA CECILIA Cele, Celie, Cile, Cili, Cilia, Cilla, Cilly, Sasilie, Seelie, Selia, Sile, Sileas, Siseel, Sisile, Sissie, Sissy
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Sille, ..
(male) Silve, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Silke Whitney (S.W.), ..
How popular is Silke?
Silke is an uncommonly occurring given name for women but a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#72022 out of 150436, Top 48%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Which version is better?
Cecilia (#155 IN RECENT RANKINGS), Cele, Celie and Cilla are the prominent varying forms of Silke (NOT RANKED) appearing in the Top 2000. Usage of these forms of Silke was common in 2018 (ADOPTION OF 0.11%). Cecilia is more ubiquitous than the rest. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Similar Names
Silke is alike in pronunciation to Celka, Silkie and Silkya. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Eike, Elke, Ellke, Ilke, Malke, Mike, Milke, Nike, Rikke, Rivke, Selie, Signe▼, Silia, Silja, Silken, Silva, Silver, Silvi, Silvie, Silvy, Silya, Sine and Sitka. These names tend to be more commonly used than Silke.
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