Cecile

//səˈsiːl// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from Latin.

    "[…] so I named my baby Lynn Cecile. My mother asked, "What are you going to call her? You can't call her "Seal" because then I'll think of something slick and wet.""

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"[…] so I named my baby Lynn Cecile. My mother asked, "What are you going to call her? You can't call her "Seal" because then I'll think of something slick and wet.""

Etymology

From French Cécile, from Anglo-Norman Cecile, from Latin Caecilia.

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