Gender:
Origin:
Latin
12 famous people named Cecelia found on Wikipedia.
56563 female, 11 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
595-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
169-th in year 1884
Used in: English
Cecilia, which is the name of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music, has been a consistently used name in the United States, where it has ranked among the top 500 names for girls for more than 100 years. It was the 181st most popular name for American girls born in 2015. It was the 326th most popular given name for women and girls in the United States census of 1990. It also ranked among the top 100 names for girls born in Sweden in the early years of the 21st century.
Feminine form of Cecil derived from Caecilius, root in the Latin caecus, means: blind, dim-sighted, sixth.
| Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cecelia Ahern | 1981 | Irish novelist |
| 2 | Cecelia Holland | 1943 | Novelist |
| 3 | Cecelia Condit | 1947 | Experimental filmmaker and film professor at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee |
| 4 | Cecelia Joyce | 1983 | Cricketer |
| 5 | Cecelia Ager | 1902 | Film critic |
| 6 | Cecelia Hall | Sound Editor | |
| 7 | Cecelia Wolstenholme | 1915 | British swimmer, Olympic athlete, British Empire Games gold medallist |
| 8 | Cecelia Cabaniss Saunders | 1879 | |
| 9 | Cecelia Svinth Carpenter | 1924 | Nisqually people historian |
| 10 | Cecelia Cortes | 1989 | American Squash player |
| 11 | Cecelia Adkins | ||
| 12 | Cecelia Pedescleaux | Quilter of traditional and art quilts |