Cecelia

Latin
"blind"

Cecelia Origin and Meaning

The name Cecelia is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "blind".

Cecelia, with this spelling, got some recent attention as the name of Jim and Pam's baby on The Office -- and also the name of actress Jenna Fischer's newborn niece. A spelling variation of Cecilia that has a gently old-fashioned feel and several appealing short forms, including Celia, Celie, and, as on the TV show, Cece. Three times as many babies are given the Cecilia spelling as get the Cecelia one, though if you plan on calling your daughter Cece or Celia, Cecelia may feel like the more logical spelling.

# 497 in the US

Cecelia Rank in US Top 1000

# 947 on Nameberry

Cecelia Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Cecelia Popularity

Famous People Named Cecelia

  • Cecelia Anastasia Holland
    American novelist
  • Cecelia Ager
    American film critic
  • Cecelia Ahern
    Irish Author
  • Cecilia Beaux
    American portraitist
  • Cecelia "CeCe" Frey
    American singer
  • Cecelia Eve Gershenson
    daughter of CNN anchor Kate Bolduan

Cecelia in Pop Culture

  • Cecelia Monk
    supporting character in the film "Crossing Delancy" who pronounced it Ca,chill,ya
  • Cecelia Trevenen
    character from "What Real Life Is"
  • Cecelia Adlehyde
    character from video game "Wild Arms"
  • Cecelia Marie "Cece" Halpert
    first born daughter of Pam and Jim Halpert on the show "The Office"
  • Cecelia Brady
    character from the unfinished novel "The Love of the Last Tycoon" by F. Scott Fitzgerald