Cecile

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English

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Etymology

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From French Cécile, from Anglo-Norman Cecile, from Latin Caecilia.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Cecile

  1. A female given name from Latin.
    • 1989, Ann Richards, Peter Knobler, Straight from the Heart: My Life in Politics and Other Places, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 91:
      […] so I named my baby Lynn Cecile. My mother asked, "What are you going to call her? You can't call her "Seal" because then I'll think of something slick and wet."
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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Ce‧cile

Proper noun

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Cecile

  1. a female given name

Old French

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin Caecilia

Proper noun

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Cecile f (nominative singular Cecile)

  1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Cecilia or Cecile

Descendants

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  • French: Cécile
  • → Irish: Síle
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