Cecile

See also: Cécile

English

Etymology

From the French form of the Latin Caecilia, meaning blind.

Proper noun

Cecile

1. A female given name.
   • 1989 Ann Richards,Peter Knobler, Straight from the Heart: My Life in Politics and Other Places, Simon and Schuster, ISBN 0671680730, 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."

Related terms

• Cecil
• Cecilia

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Old French

Proper noun

Cecile f (nominative singular Cecile)

1. A female given name, cognate to English Cecilia and Cecile