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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.
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
Magdalena [1] Cecilia Colledge (28 November 1920 – 12 April 2008) was a British figure skater. She was the 1936 Olympic silver medalist , the 1937 World Champion , the 1937–1939 European Champion , and a six-time (1935–1939, 1946) British national champion .
Saint Cecilia (Latin: Sancta Caecilia), also spelled Cecelia, was a Roman Christian virgin martyr, who is venerated in Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and some Lutheran churches, such as the Church of Sweden. [2]
Cecilia Smith may refer to: Cecilia Smith (activist), Australian Aboriginal activist; Cecilia Smith (rugby union), Australian rugby union player; Cecile de Wentworth, née Cecilia Smith, American portrait artist
Cecilia Corrigan is an American poet, writer, comedian and actor. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, Corrigan worked for David Milch on HBO 's Luck . In 2012, Corrigan was awarded the Madeleine P. Plonsker award [ 3 ] for her first full-length poetry collection, TITANIC , which was released in 2014 [ needs update ...
The name is often derived from the Roman family name Caelius, thought to originate in the Latin caelum ("heaven"). Celia was popular in British pastoral literature in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, possibly stemming from the ruler of the House of Holiness in Edmund Spenser 's epic poem The Faerie Queene or from a character in William ...
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.