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| Add to list (0) Cecil meaning and name origin Cecil \ce-cil\
as a boy's name (also used as girl's name Cecil), is pronounced
SESS-ul, SEE-sul. It is of Latin and Old Welsh origin, and the
meaning of Cecil is "blind; sixth". From the Roman clan name
Caecilius, derived from Caecus. Also an anglicized form of a
Welsh surname of a great noble family (Seissylt, from the Latin
name Sextilius, from Sextus). Cecilia is the feminine form.
Saint Cecilius was a priest of Carthage (third century). Cecil
Rhodes was an industrialist and founder of Rhodesia in the
Victorian era. Film director Cecil B. De Mille; photographer
Cecil Beaton. Cecil has 4 variant forms: Cecilio, Cecilius,
Cecyl and Celio. Baby names that sound like Cecil are Sicily and
Sicilly. View a list of the 2 names that reference Cecil.
Popularity of Cecil Cecil is a very popular first name for men
(#214 out of 1220) and also a very popular surname or last name
for all people (#3072 out of 88