Oliver Google Kai has now a sister named Cecilia Kai

What does Cecilia as a name means? Well for us, she is our lovely daughter, for Oliver, the sister that he will take care of or tease.

CECILIA Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish

Pronounced: se-SEE-lee-a (English), se-SEEL-ya (English), che-CHEE-lyah (Italian), se-SEE-lyah (Spanish), the-THEE-lyah (Spanish)

Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius, which was derived from Latin caecus “blind”. According to legend, Saint Cecilia was a 3rd-century martyr who was sentenced to die because she refused to worship the Roman gods. After attempts to suffocate her failed, she had her head chopped off. She is the patron saint of music and musicians.

United States Top 1000 (female names) Rank in 2006 was 264

The girl’s name Cecilia \ce-ci-lia\ is pronounced sess-SEEL-yah. It is of Latin origin, and its meaning is “blind one”. Feminine form of Cecil. From a Roman clan name Caecilia, feminine of Caecilius. The blind Saint Cecilia was a second or third century virgin martyr known as the patron saint of music. Cecil Rhodes was an industrialist and founder of Rhodesia. See also Celina. Soprano Cecilia Bartoli.

Cecilia has 61 variant forms: C’Ceal, Cecelia, Ceceley, Cecely, Cecil, Cecile, Cecilee, Ceciley, Ceciliane, Cecilie, Cecilija, Cecilla, Cecille, Cecily, Cecilyann, Cecyl, Cecyle, Cecylia, Ceil, Cela, Cele, Celia, Celie, Celli, Cellie, Cesia, Cesya, Cicely, Cicilia, Cicily, Cile, Cilka, Cilia, Cilla, Cilly, Cissie, Kikelia, Kikylia, Sacilia, Sasilia, Sasilie, Seelia, Seelie, Seely, Sesilia, Sessaley, Sesseelya, Sessile, Sessilly, Sessily, Sheila, Sile, Sileas, Sisely, Siselya, Siseel, Sisile, Sisiliya, Sissela, Sissie and Sissy.

Baby names that sound like Cecilia are Sicilia and Sicillia.

Cecilia is a very popular female first name and a common surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl’s name Cecilia. Click here to compare Cecilia with related baby names.