The baby name Cecilia is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /səˈsɪliə/ (suh-SIL-ee-uh).
Cecilia is Latin in Origin.
The baby name Cecilia is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced /səˈsɪliə/ (suh-SIL-ee-uh).
Cecilia is Latin in Origin.
Derived from the Latin Caecilia, the feminine of Caecilius, Cecilia ultimately comes from caecus, meaning “blind.” The name is inseparable from the revered Roman martyr Saint Cecilia (2nd–3rd century), patroness of music and musicians, whose cult carried the name across medieval Europe and gave it enduring lyrical associations. In England it appears in records from the Middle Ages - often as Cecily or Cicely - and enjoyed renewed favor in the 19th century.
Internationally, the form varies: Cécile (French), Cäcilia (German), Cecilie (Scandinavian), Cecília (Portuguese, Hungarian), Cecilia (Italian, Spanish, Swedish), Cecilija (South Slavic), and Irish Síle, anglicized Sheila. Related or diminutive forms include Cece/Ceci, Celia (also used independently), Cilla, and Sissy. The name features in Chaucer’s Second Nun’s Tale and Fanny Burney’s novel Cecilia (1782), which helped bequeath the phrase “pride and prejudice” to Jane Austen, while odes to St. Cecilia cemented its musical aura.
| Cecilia Roth Cecilia Roth is an Argentine actress best known for her acclaimed film work, especially in All About My Mother, Martín (Hache), and Talk to Her. Born Cecilia Edith Rotenberg Gutkin on 8 August 1956, she has won two Goya Awards and a European Film Award. | Cecil Bolocco Cecilia Bolocco is a well-known Chilean television presenter and former beauty queen, who gained fame after winning the Miss Universe title in 1987. She later became a prominent television host in Chile, known for her work on shows like 'La Noche de Cecilia'. Her career in the entertainment industry has made her a notable figure in Chile. | Cecilia Suárez Cecilia Suárez is a Mexican actress best known for her roles in The House of Flowers, Capadocia, and Sexo, pudor y lágrimas. She has worked across film, television, and theater in Mexico, Spain, and the United States, and she is also an activist who has campaigned with the United Nations and European Union against femicide and violence against women. |
| Name | Last Name(s) | Mother | Mother famous for | Fame Level | Father | Father famous for | Fame Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cecilia | Peck | Gregory Peck | television actor | ★★★★★ | |||
| Cecilia | Hoyt DeMille | Cecil B. DeMille | film director | ★★★★★ |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | Girls | 2025 | #1 | — | 874 |
| Germany | Girls | 2025 | #1 | — | 411 |
| FJ | Girls | 0 | #9 | 1 | 583 |
| SV | 0 | #11 | 1 | 283 | |
| SV | Girls | 0 | #14 | 5 | 458 |
| UY | 0 | #14 | 323 | 2,477 | |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #16 | 21,098 | 14,098 |
| BW | 0 | #18 | 2 | 960 | |
| HN | 0 | #21 | 2 | 704 | |
| MO | 0 | #27 | 26 | 2,706 | |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #27 | 4,306 | 6,731 |
| NA | 0 | #28 | 6 | 2,537 | |
| IT | Girls | 2024 | #29 | 1,143 | 47 |
| EC | Girls | 0 | #29 | 455 | 3,650 |
| BN | 0 | #31 | 2 | 2,297 | |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #32 | 4,720 | 8,289 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #34 | 2,153 | 11,342 |
| AR | 0 | #36 | 221 | 2,915 | |
| ID | 0 | #36 | 4 | 2,238 | |
| EE | 0 | #37 | 1 | 1,051 | |
| HN | Girls | 0 | #37 | 2 | 884 |
| MT | 0 | #43 | 1 | 1,767 | |
| PE | 0 | #45 | 451 | 6,350 | |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #46 | 250 | 7,146 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #46 | 9,013 | 14,861 |
| PR | 0 | #52 | 4 | 1,497 | |
| CM | 0 | #53 | 4 | 2,592 | |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #57 | 969 | 6,973 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #59 | 18,506 | 16,140 |
| CL | 0 | #61 | 1,260 | 6,867 | |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #61 | 1,142 | 9,861 |
| AO | 0 | #63 | 14 | 2,729 | |
| LU | 0 | #63 | 4 | 2,830 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #65 | 15,123 | 17,781 |
| CN | 0 | #70 | 16 | 3,857 | |
| BW | Girls | 0 | #72 | 84 | 4,216 |
| JP | 0 | #72 | 6 | 4,057 | |
| AZ | Girls | 0 | #75 | 1 | 1,051 |
| EC | 0 | #75 | 41 | 2,502 | |
| ID | Girls | 0 | #77 | 22 | 3,319 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #78 | 2,331 | 9,488 |
| PH | 0 | #78 | 19 | 5,607 | |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #83 | 204 | 7,056 |
| BN | Girls | 0 | #87 | 20 | 5,459 |
| TW | 0 | #91 | 10 | 4,523 | |
| AO | Girls | 0 | #92 | 133 | 4,575 |
| MD | Girls | 0 | #92 | 1 | 865 |
| KZ | 0 | #94 | 1 | 1,452 | |
| PA | 0 | #101 | 30 | 3,797 | |
| QA | 0 | #102 | 5 | 7,011 | |
| SD | 0 | #102 | 1 | 2,130 | |
| GH | 0 | #107 | 163 | 5,396 | |
| HU | 0 | #109 | 7 | 1,675 | |
| MX | 0 | #115 | 504 | 8,339 | |
| OM | 0 | #116 | 6 | 6,215 | |
| CY | Girls | 0 | #117 | 9 | 3,755 |
| CR | 0 | #119 | 40 | 5,526 | |
| KW | 0 | #120 | 2 | 5,216 | |
| PR | Girls | 0 | #120 | 43 | 3,171 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #120 | 936 | 7,952 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #120 | 958 | 18,916 |
| Switzerland | Girls | 2024 | #121 | 15 | 1,786 |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #121 | 2,238 | 8,487 |
| Norway | Girls | 2025 | #123 | 4 | 453 |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #123 | 29 | 3,773 |
| MU | 0 | #127 | 10 | 3,613 | |
| Canada | Girls | 2024 | #133 | 170 | 2,795 |
| GR | 0 | #135 | 1 | 3,911 | |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #135 | 1,201 | 16,104 |
| SG | 0 | #135 | 144 | 11,010 | |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #139 | 1 | 6,332 |
| BO | 0 | #139 | 319 | 6,868 | |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #140 | 18,952 | 9,415 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #142 | 4,740 | 5,561 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #142 | 2,491 | 15,093 |
| HK | 0 | #149 | 246 | 8,483 | |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #150 | 271 | 8,829 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #151 | 600 | 7,500 |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #152 | 34 | 4,850 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #152 | 3,687 | 25,928 |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #154 | 1 | 4,685 |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #155 | 95 | 6,592 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #162 | 268 | 13,098 |
| IT | 0 | #163 | 1,755 | 4,183 | |
| DK | 0 | #164 | 40 | 5,198 | |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #165 | 200 | 8,539 |
| Sweden | Girls | 2022 | #166 | 14 | 1,568 |
| AE | 0 | #166 | 12 | 10,220 | |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #179 | 160 | 7,429 |
| PT | 0 | #191 | 56 | 4,161 | |
| RU | 0 | #194 | 1 | 3,641 | |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #195 | 83 | 8,139 |
| HU | Girls | 0 | #201 | 23 | 3,308 |
| CO | 0 | #210 | 418 | 7,768 | |
| PL | 0 | #212 | 1 | 2,600 | |
| Spain | 0 | #216 | 301 | 2,326 | |
| Finland | Girls | 0 | #220 | 221 | 1,368 |
| GT | 0 | #221 | 94 | 5,948 | |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #222 | 21 | 6,293 |
| PS | 0 | #223 | 4 | 5,692 | |
| AL | Girls | 0 | #226 | 2 | 4,141 |
| NG | 0 | #229 | 36 | 5,926 | |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #231 | 1 | 3,559 |
| IR | 0 | #231 | 1 | 4,221 | |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #231 | 86 | 15,378 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #232 | 1,971 | 12,708 |
| BD | 0 | #239 | 3 | 5,992 | |
| EC | Boys | 0 | #240 | 7 | 3,322 |
| MY | 0 | #240 | 95 | 12,352 | |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #245 | 1,460 | 3,895 |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #248 | 2 | 5,568 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #250 | 4 | 6,830 |
| Finland | 0 | #255 | 53 | 830 | |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #256 | 1 | 7,111 |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #271 | 8 | 7,507 |
| IL | 0 | #274 | 9 | 6,291 | |
| BR | 0 | #275 | 71 | 5,969 | |
| SA | 0 | #285 | 11 | 10,560 | |
| HR | Girls | 0 | #293 | 2 | 3,687 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #297 | 100 | 15,987 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #298 | 1,197 | 24,821 |
| ZA | 0 | #306 | 142 | 14,421 | |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #313 | 13 | 7,570 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #323 | 23 | 8,138 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #330 | 2 | 9,639 |
| NL | 0 | #331 | 61 | 2,481 | |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #335 | 11 | 7,678 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #340 | 177 | 19,177 |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #344 | 8 | 5,378 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #351 | 198 | 11,671 |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #363 | 2 | 5,096 |
| Austria | Girls | 0 | #368 | 53 | 1,885 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #369 | 1 | 8,477 |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #377 | 5 | 7,951 |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #377 | 23 | 5,922 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #389 | 1 | 7,057 |
| France | Girls | 2021 | #397 | 9 | 3,185 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #398 | 156 | 20,968 |
| YE | 0 | #398 | 1 | 8,639 | |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #399 | 8 | 8,413 |
| Germany | 0 | #401 | 37 | 2,542 | |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #407 | 2 | 11,440 |
| EG | 0 | #410 | 3 | 6,387 | |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #429 | 39 | 7,628 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #462 | 26 | 10,188 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #467 | 15 | 9,305 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #469 | 55 | 10,981 |
| BH | 0 | #490 | 64 | 17,937 | |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #497 | 3 | 7,625 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #516 | 8 | 11,913 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #520 | 11 | 8,334 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #521 | 5 | 11,303 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #525 | 2 | 12,621 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #538 | 130 | 13,390 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #540 | 78 | 11,648 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #550 | 43 | 9,244 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #553 | 5 | 12,905 |
| LY | 0 | #553 | 7 | 12,703 | |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #573 | 3 | 12,054 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #579 | 407 | 5,933 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #603 | 29 | 13,121 |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #611 | 235 | 4,949 |
| LB | 0 | #618 | 41 | 13,263 | |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #640 | 300 | 25,931 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #696 | 2 | 13,071 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #731 | 21 | 12,213 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #733 | 7 | 17,960 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #736 | 188 | 15,656 |
| SY | 0 | #763 | 5 | 11,684 | |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #793 | 86 | 14,506 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #799 | 8 | 18,755 |
| TN | 0 | #817 | 13 | 13,765 | |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #825 | 159 | 16,355 |
| United States | Boys | 2004 | #828 | 5 | 7,246 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #905 | 26 | 5,610 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #914 | 46 | 14,742 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #915 | 37 | 16,906 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #915 | 4 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #925 | 1 | 15,035 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,098 | 14 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,106 | 23 | 20,986 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,109 | 70 | 25,619 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,139 | 38 | 20,130 | |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 1 | 22,615 |
| TR | 0 | #1,195 | 17 | 19,440 | |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,372 | 100 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,688 | 4 | 28,008 |
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