Meanings
proper noun
- A female given name from Latin.
[…] 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."
1989, Ann Richards, Peter Knobler, Straight from the Heart: My Life in Politics and Other Places, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 91
Origin
- LatinCaecilia
- Anglo-NormanCecile
- FrenchCécile
- EnglishCecile
From French Cécile, from Anglo-Norman Cecile, from Latin Caecilia.
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Rhymes with Cecile
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APA
Cecile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cecile
MLA
“Cecile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cecile. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cecile,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cecile.
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