Cicely


Gender:
Origin: Latin
17 famous people named Cicely found on Wikipedia.
2323 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 9905-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 608-th in year 1974
Used in: English

Meanings

A female given name, form of Cecilia.

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.

Fem. proper name, an alteration or nativization of Cecilia. The plant (late 16c.) is Latin seselis, from Greek seselis.

Feminine form of Cecil, derived from the Roman clan name Caecilius, from Latin coccus, means: blind, dim-sighted.

Famous People: 17 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Cicely Tyson 1933 American actress
2 Cicely Courtneidge 1893 English actress and comedienne
3 Cicely Mary Barker 1895 British artist
4 Cicely Saunders 1918 English writer, nurse, founder of the hospice care movement, palliative care activist
5 Cicely Williams 1893 Jamaican physician
6 Cicely Berry 1926 British voice director
7 Cicely Hamilton 1872 British actress and writer
8 Cicely Jordan Farrar 1611 immigrant to Virginia colony
9 Cicely Pearl Blair 1926 British dermatologist
10 Cicely Mayhew 1924
11 Cicely Corbett Fisher 1885 British suffragist and workers' rights activist
12 Cicely Nott
13 Cicely Irwin 1999 British acrobatic gymnast
14 Cicely Compton, Lady Arundell of Wardour English noblewoman
15 Cicely Hale 1884 Hale, Cicely Bertha (1884–1981), suffragette and health visitor
16 Cicely Margaret Escott 1908 Novelist, drama teacher, poet
17 Cicely Gore 1867 Justice of the Peace, Lady Bedchamber to Queen Alexandra