as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname of a great noble family, which rose to prominence in England during the 16th century. The Cecils were of Welsh origin, and their surname represents an Anglicized form of the Welsh given name Seissylt. In the Middle Ages Cecil was occasionally used as an English form of Latin Caecilius (an old Roman family name derived from the byname Caecus ‘blind’), borne by a minor saint of the 3rd century, a friend of St Cyprian.
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Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 70,052
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 98,428
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Cecil per capita
- 1915
- marked the height of its popularity
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