Cecil: Meaning, Popularity, Origin of Baby Name Cecil
Origin of the name Cecil:
From the Latin Caecilius, an old Roman family name derived from caecus (blind, dim-sighted). The name, borne by a 3rd-century saint and companion of St. Cyprian, was common in England in the Middle Ages, after which it died out. The recent revival of Cecil as a given name stems from the transferred use of the surname derived from the Welsh Seissylt, which is belived to be from the Latin Sextilius, a derivative of sextus (sixth).
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Cecil means blind, as in one who has lost his path or one who has no direction in life, or goals, etc.
It is of Latin origin, deriving from Caecilius.- Famous real-life people named Cecil: | Edit
Cecil B. DeMille
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Cecil Harvey from the popular Final Fantasy RPG series, appearing in Final Fantasy IV (4) as the main character.
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