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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
Saint Cecilia is one of several virgin martyrs commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass in the Latin Church. The church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere , founded in the 3rd century by Pope Urban I , is believed to be on the site of the house where she lived and died.
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 Vicuña was born in Santiago de Chile in 1948 and raised in La Florida, in the Maipo valley. Her great-grandmother and grandfather were sculptors. [9] From 1957 to 1964, she learned English at St Gabriel's English School and made large abstract paintings at her first studio built by her father in their garden.
Cecily is a given name, one of the English forms of Latin Cecilia. Notable people with the name include: Cecily Adams (1958–2004), American actress, casting director, and lyricist; Cecily Bonville, 7th Baroness Harington (1460–1529), English peeress; Cecily Brown (born 1969), British painter; Cecily Lefort (1900–1945), British World War ...
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.