Cecelia - Meaning of Cecelia

What does Cecelia mean?

[ 4 syll. ce-ce-lia, cec-el-ia ] The baby girl name Cecelia is pronounced Seh-SIY-Liy-aa- †. Cecelia is of Latin origin and it is used mainly in English. Cecelia is a spelling variant of the English, Finnish, German, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish Cecilia.

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Cecelia is an all-time favorite. At present it is still rather popular as a baby girl name, but to a lesser degree than it was previously. At the height of its usage in 1901, 0.098% of baby girls were named Cecelia. It was #176 in rank then. The baby name has seen a marked decline in frequency since then, and it is of only very modest use in recent times. In 2018, it ranked at #595 with a usage of 0.028%. Within the family of girl names directly related to Cecelia, Cecilia was the most widely used. It was 4 times more widely used than Cecelia in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Cecelia include Sigalia, Sigaliya, Sooleawa, Suhaila, Suhailah, Ceceli, Cecelie, Cecely, Ceciel, Cecil, Cecile, Cecilee, Ceciley, Cecilia, Cecilie, Cecille, Cecily, Cecílie, Cecyl, and Cecyle.

† Pronunciation for Cecelia: S as in "see (S.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"



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