Meaning of the nameCecília

Female
Latin origin
Ce-cí-li-a

Cecília is a female name of Latin origin, the feminine form of Caecilius, a Roman family name linked to the Latin caecus, 'blind'.

Meaning

“feminine form of Caecilius, a Roman family name that Behind the Name links to Latin caecus, 'blind'”

Source: Behind the Name: Cecilia

People (2022): 171,217
Rank in Brazil: #194
Median age: 10 years
2010 Census: 104,497; people

Cecília in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Cecília, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022 (45,522 people).

170,395 women 822 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Cecília is most common

States with the highest share of people named Cecília in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	35,743	0.081%
Minas Gerais	23,841	0.116%
Rio Grande do Sul	12,630	0.116%
Paraná	12,361	0.108%
Bahia	11,732	0.083%
Rio de Janeiro	10,757	0.067%
Santa Catarina	8,356	0.110%
Goiás	7,639	0.108%
Pernambuco	6,583	0.073%
Ceará	4,946	0.056%
Pará	4,205	0.052%
Maranhão	3,816	0.056%
Distrito Federal	3,680	0.131%
Espírito Santo	3,613	0.094%
Mato Grosso	3,293	0.090%
Mato Grosso do Sul	2,537	0.092%
Paraíba	2,439	0.061%
Rio Grande do Norte	2,248	0.068%
Piauí	1,999	0.061%
Alagoas	1,911	0.061%
Amazonas	1,825	0.046%
Sergipe	1,388	0.063%
Tocantins	1,379	0.091%
Rondônia	1,230	0.078%
Amapá	360	0.049%
Roraima	354	0.056%
Acre	352	0.042%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Cecília

Cecília is a learned borrowing from the Latin Caecilia, according to Wiktionary, and is a doublet of Sheila, which came through Irish. In Latin, Caecilia is the feminine form of Caecilius, the family name of an ancient Roman patrician gens, and Behind the Name links Caecilius to the Latin caecus, 'blind'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 171,217 people named Cecília, with a median age of 10; more than half were born from 2010 onward. Proportionally, the name is most common in the Distrito Federal.

Sources

Wiktionary: Cecília · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Caecilia · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Cecilia · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Cecília

What does the name Cecília mean?

Cecília means “feminine form of Caecilius, a Roman family name that Behind the Name links to Latin caecus, 'blind'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Cecília in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 171,217 people with the first name Cecília, which ranks it number 194 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.

Is Cecília a boy's or a girl's name?

Cecília is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 170,395 women and 822 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Cecília?

Cecília is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Cecília most common?

Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.131% of the state's population is named Cecília (3,680 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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