First name Cecil - Meaning, Origin and Rating
Origin
English
Nameday
Meaning
info to the female form Caecilie: feminine form of the Roman family name "Caecilius", perhaps of Etruscan origin, interpreted as Folk etymology for "caecus" blind "belonging, known by the veneration of St. Cecilia. (3rd century)
Famous people with the first name Cecil
- Cecil Rhodes (Founder of the state of Rhodesia)
- Cecil Kellaway (American-Australian-British actor)
- Cecil B. DeMille (Actor)
- William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (Person)
- Cecil Beaton (Writer)