# Cecilia
## English
### Etymology

From Latin Caecilia, feminine form of Caecilius, a Roman family name possibly derived from the byname caecus (“blind”). Popularized by Saint Cecilia, third century Roman martyr, the patron saint of music. Doublet of Sheila.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɪˈsiːli.ə/, /sɪˈsɪli.ə/
* Rhymes: -iːliə

### Proper noun

Cecilia
* A female given name from Latin.
** 1694, Joseph Addison, A Song for St. Cecilia's Day:Hark how the flutes and trumpets raise / At bright Cecilia's name, their lays!
** 1854, Charles Dickens, “Book I, Chapter II”, in Hard Times. For These Times, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC:‘Sissy is not a name,’ said Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Don’t call yourself Sissy. Call yourself Cecilia.’ ‘It’s father as calls me Sissy, sir,’ returned the young girl in a trembling voice, and with another curtsey. ‘Then he has no business to do it,’ said Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Tell him he mustn’t. Cecilia Jupe. Let me see. What is your father?’
** 1928, Lynn Montross, “Silent Minstrel”, in American Magazine, volume 106, page 14:Because they had named her Cecilia, her parents fancied that the matter of her life and character had been fairly well settled. She would, of course, be quiet and pale and mystical, like the saint whose picture hung above the old upright piano in the Kirby living-room.

#### Related terms

* (pet forms): Sissy, Ceecee, CeeCee, Cici, Ceci
* (variants): Cecelia, Cecile, Cecily, Cicely
* (male form): Cecil
* (related names): Sheila (alternate spellings: Sheela, Sheelagh, Shelagh, Sheilagh, Sile), Celia (often regarded as a short form of Cecilia)

#### Translations
### See also

* Celia (“Latin: Caelia, from Caelius, probably from caelum (“heaven”)”)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Swedish Cecilia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsesi(ː)liɑ/, [ˈs̠e̞s̠i(ː)ˌliɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -iɑ

### Proper noun

Cecilia
* a female given name

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Cecilia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ceciliani
Ceciliani
accusative
nom.
Ceciliani
Ceciliani
gen.
Ceciliani
genitive
Ceciliani
Cecilioideni Cecilioitteni Ceciliaini $^{rare}$
partitive
Ceciliaani
Cecilioitani
inessive
Ceciliassani
Cecilioissani
elative
Ceciliastani
Cecilioistani
illative
Ceciliaani
Cecilioihini
adessive
Ceciliallani
Cecilioillani
ablative
Cecilialtani
Cecilioiltani
allative
Cecilialleni
Cecilioilleni
essive
Cecilianani
Cecilioinani
translative
Ceciliakseni
Cecilioikseni
abessive
Ceciliattani
Cecilioittani
instructive
comitative
—Cecilioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ceciliasi
Ceciliasi
accusative
nom.
Ceciliasi
Ceciliasi
gen.
Ceciliasi
genitive
Ceciliasi
Cecilioidesi Cecilioittesi Ceciliaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
Ceciliaasi
Cecilioitasi
inessive
Ceciliassasi
Cecilioissasi
elative
Ceciliastasi
Cecilioistasi
illative
Ceciliaasi
Cecilioihisi
adessive
Ceciliallasi
Cecilioillasi
ablative
Cecilialtasi
Cecilioiltasi
allative
Ceciliallesi
Cecilioillesi
essive
Cecilianasi
Cecilioinasi
translative
Ceciliaksesi
Cecilioiksesi
abessive
Ceciliattasi
Cecilioittasi
instructive
comitative
—Cecilioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ceciliamme
Ceciliamme
accusative
nom.
Ceciliamme
Ceciliamme
gen.
Ceciliamme
genitive
Ceciliamme
Cecilioidemme Cecilioittemme Ceciliaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
Ceciliaamme
Cecilioitamme
inessive
Ceciliassamme
Cecilioissamme
elative
Ceciliastamme
Cecilioistamme
illative
Ceciliaamme
Cecilioihimme
adessive
Ceciliallamme
Cecilioillamme
ablative
Cecilialtamme
Cecilioiltamme
allative
Ceciliallemme
Cecilioillemme
essive
Cecilianamme
Cecilioinamme
translative
Ceciliaksemme
Cecilioiksemme
abessive
Ceciliattamme
Cecilioittamme
instructive
comitative
—Cecilioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Cecilianne
Cecilianne
accusative
nom.
Cecilianne
Cecilianne
gen.
Cecilianne
genitive
Cecilianne
Cecilioidenne Cecilioittenne Ceciliainne $^{rare}$
partitive
Ceciliaanne
Cecilioitanne
inessive
Ceciliassanne
Cecilioissanne
elative
Ceciliastanne
Cecilioistanne
illative
Ceciliaanne
Cecilioihinne
adessive
Ceciliallanne
Cecilioillanne
ablative
Cecilialtanne
Cecilioiltanne
allative
Ceciliallenne
Cecilioillenne
essive
Ceciliananne
Cecilioinanne
translative
Ceciliaksenne
Cecilioiksenne
abessive
Ceciliattanne
Cecilioittanne
instructive
comitative
—Cecilioinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Ceciliansa
Ceciliansa
accusative
nom.
Ceciliansa
Ceciliansa
gen.
Ceciliansa
genitive
Ceciliansa
Cecilioidensa Cecilioittensa Ceciliainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
Ceciliaansa
Cecilioitaan Cecilioitansa
inessive
Ceciliassaan Ceciliassansa
Cecilioissaan Cecilioissansa
elative
Ceciliastaan Ceciliastansa
Cecilioistaan Cecilioistansa
illative
Ceciliaansa
Cecilioihinsa
adessive
Ceciliallaan Ceciliallansa
Cecilioillaan Cecilioillansa
ablative
Cecilialtaan Cecilialtansa
Cecilioiltaan Cecilioiltansa
allative
Cecilialleen Ceciliallensa
Cecilioilleen Cecilioillensa
essive
Cecilianaan Cecilianansa
Cecilioinaan Cecilioinansa
translative
Ceciliakseen Ceciliaksensa
Cecilioikseen Cecilioiksensa
abessive
Ceciliattaan Ceciliattansa
Cecilioittaan Cecilioittansa
instructive
comitative
—Cecilioineen Cecilioinensa :

#### Statistics

* Cecilia is the 329th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,375 female individuals (and as a middle name to 3,619 more, making it more common as a middle name), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

## German
### Proper noun

Cecilia
* a female given name, variant of Cäcilia

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃeˈt͡ʃi.lja/
* Rhymes: -ilja
* Hyphenation: Ce‧cì‧lia

### Proper noun

Cecilia f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Cecilia

### Anagrams

* celiaci, ciecali

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /θeˈθilja/ [θeˈθi.lja]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /seˈsilja/ [seˈsi.lja]
* Rhymes: -ilja
* Syllabification: Ce‧ci‧lia

### Proper noun

Cecilia f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Cecilia

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Latin saint's name Caecilia. First recorded in Sweden in the 12th century.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Cecilia c (genitive Cecilias)
* a female given name, equivalent to English Cecilia

### References

* Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
* Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 63 761 females with the given name Cecilia living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.