Cicely
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning blind; a form of Cecilia.
Cicely by the numbers
In 2025, 14 babies in England and Wales were named Cicely. In the US, 9 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 256 babies in 1974, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Cecilia
Like Cicely, each of these traces back to Cecilia: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Ceciliablind1,804 in the US (2017)
- Ceceliablind; from caecus; variant of Cecilia95 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ceceblind; a form of Cecilia44 in England and Wales (2025)
- Cecilea form of Cecilia; blind or dim-sighted4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Cecilliablind; a variant spelling of Cecilia10 in the US (2017)
- Cecileeblind; a form of Cecilia6 in the US (2017)
- Seciliablind; a form of Cecilia5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cicely. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Cicely
Names that are said the same way as Cicely, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Sicilyfrom the island of sicily; possibly related to sica (dagger)41 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Cicely
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