Cecelia
Meaning of Cecelia
Cecelia is a beautiful and timeless name for a baby girl. It has a soft and elegant sound that makes it appealing to many parents. The name Cecelia is pronounced as suh-SEE-lee-uh in both American English and British English. It also has an Italian pronunciation, which is cheh-CHEH-lyah.
Cecelia has variations, with the most common one being Cecilia. This variation gives parents some flexibility while still maintaining the classic charm of the name.
Looking at the data for newborns in the United States of America, Cecelia has been consistently popular over the years. It ranks around 500th to 600th place in terms of occurrence, showing that it's a well-loved choice among parents.
Choosing Cecelia as a name for your baby girl brings sophistication and grace to her identity, making it a wonderful choice for any parent seeking a timeless and beautiful name for their daughter.
Pronunciation
Italian
- Pronunced as cheh-CHEH-lyah (/keˈkeːlja/)
English
- Pronunced as suh-SEE-lee-uh (/səˈsiːliə/)
U.S. Popularity Chart
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Notable People Named Cecelia
| Cecelia Tichi is an accomplished American academic, author of mystery novels, and the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English and American Studies at Vanderbilt University. |
| Cecelia Ahern is a bestselling Irish novelist, famous for her works like PS, I Love You and Where Rainbows End, with over 25 million copies of her novels sold worldwide and two of her books adapted into major motion pictures. |
| Cecelia Holland is a renowned American historical fiction novelist. |
| Cecelia Watson is an American author and a historian and philosopher of science. |
| Cecelia Frey is a Canadian writer known for her poetry, novels, and short stories, with her works featured in literary magazines, anthologies, CBC Radio, and the Women's Television Network, and she received the Golden Pen Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018. |
