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[ syll. cil-la, ci-lla ] The girl name Cilla is pronounced SIHL-ah †. Cilla's language of origin is Latin, and it is used mainly in the Dutch, Scandinavian, and English languages. Cilla is a pet form of the English, Finnish, German, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish Cecilia in the Dutch and Scandinavian languages. Cilla is also a short form of the English Drusilla. Cilla is also a short form of the English, German, and Italian Priscilla in the English language.
Cilla is infrequently used as a baby name for girls. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names. Within the group of girl names directly linked to Cilla, Cecilia was the most regularly used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Cilla include the English Scilla, the Dutch Ceciel, the English Cecil, the English and French Cecile, the English and French Cecille, the English Cecyl, the English Cecyle, the name Ceely, the English Ceila, the English Ceileh, the English Ceileigh, the Irish Ceili, the Russian and English Cela, the English Celesse, the English, Italian, Latin, Scandinavian, and Spanish Celia, the English and French Celie, the Italian Cella, the name Cellie, the name Celya, and the French Cécile. A famous person named Cilla is TV Presenter Cilla Black, born Priscilla Maria Veronica White, 27 May, 1943, Liverpool, England.
† approx pronunciation for Cilla: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
