Details for the forename Cecil

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Cecil (male)


Feminine form:	Cecil (F) Cecilia (F) Cecily (F) Cicely (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	English, from the surname which itself is derived, via Welsh, from Latin "sixth". The apparently equivalent female name, Cecilia, was derived from the Roman family name Caecilius/Caecilia, from Latin "blind".