Meanings
- A female given name from Latin, from the medieval vernacular form of Cecilia.
"We two," she said, "will seek the groves Where the lady Mary is, With her five handmaidens, whose names Are five sweet symphonies, Cecily, Gertrude, Magdalen, Margaret and Rosalys.
1850, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Blessed Damozel
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Cecily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cecily
“Cecily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cecily. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cecily,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cecily.
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