THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Cecile
Cecile is recorded as a female given name in Cebuano. Its individual lexical definition is supplied below. The entry’s language identifies where this name sense is documented, without establishing an ultimate etymological origin.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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CebuanoEtymology & source
a female given name
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EnglishEtymology & source
From French Cécile, from Anglo-Norman Cecile, from Latin Caecilia.
A female given name from Latin.
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People with the name Cecile
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Cecile Licad
Filipina classical pianist
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Cecile Licad
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Cecile in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
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Similar names to Cecile
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Cecil♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Cecille·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Cabile·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Cecilia♀Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Cecilio♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Cecillo·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Cerila·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Cerilo·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Cecile?
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Explore Cecile further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q20148710 — Cecile (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Cecile Licad (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q20148710 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Cecile (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Cecile (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.