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It also ranked among the top 100 names for girls born in Sweden in the early years of the 21st century, and was formerly popular in France. [1] The name "Cecilia" applied generally to Roman women who belonged to the plebeian clan of the Caecilii. Legends and hagiographies, mistaking it for a personal name, suggest fanciful etymologies.
Cecilia, Cecelia, Celeste, Celestina, Celie Celia is a feminine given name of Latin origin, as well as a nickname for Cecilia , Cecelia , Celeste , or Celestina. The name is often derived from the Roman family name Caelius , thought to originate in the Latin caelum ("heaven").
Cecilia (band), an American pop-rock band based in New York; Cecilia (Norwegian singer), Spanish singer-songwriter Evangelina Sobredo Galanes (born 1967) Cecilia (Spanish singer) (1948–1976) Cecilia Pantoja (1943–2023), Chilean singer known by her first name
Cecelia is a variation of the given name Cecilia. People with the name include: Cecelia Adkins (1923–2007, African-American publisher; Cecelia Ager (1902–1981), American film critic and reporter; Cecelia Ahern (born 1981), Irish novelist; Cecelia Akagu (fl. 2010s–2020s), Nigerian Army brigadier general
Celina (/ s ə ˈ l iː n ə /) is a feminine given name derived from the Roman name Cecilia, referring to a woman from the Caecilia gens. Alternately, it is considered a form of the name Marceline, a French feminine form of the name Marcel. The French version of the name is Céline. [1]
Cecilia Domeyko is a Chilean-American author, journalist, filmmaker, former broadcaster, and philanthropist based in Washington, D.C. She is the president and founder of Accent Media as well as the founder and director of the Mariposa Cultural Foundation.
Cecilia Bartoli OMRI (Italian: [tʃeˈtʃiːlja ˈbartoli]; born 4 June 1966) is an Italian mezzo-soprano widely known in the music of Bellini, Handel, Mozart, Rossini and Vivaldi and for lesser-known music of the Baroque and Classical periods. She has also sung soprano and alto repertory. Bartoli is considered a singer with an unusual timbre ...
This category is for feminine given names from England (natively, or by historical modification of Biblical, etc., names). See also Category:English-language feminine given names , for all those commonly used in the modern English language , regardless of origin.