Cecil (given name)

Cecil
Gender	Unisex
Language(s)	Welsh, English
Origin
Language(s)	Old Welsh
Word/name	Anglicisation of Seisyllt
Region of origin	Wales
Other names
Related names	Cecilia, Cecile, Cecily

Last updated December 16, 2024

Cecil is a given name of Welsh origin.

The name was associated with Monmouthshire and derives from the Old Welsh personal name Seisyllt. The name may be related to that of the local Celtic tribe (the Silures) and the successor kingdom (Essyllwg).

Notable men with the given name

Cecil Banes-Walker (1888–1915), English cricketer
Cecil A. Beasley (1876–1959), American lawyer and politician
Cecil Beaton (1904–1980), English photographer
Cecil Boyd-Rochfort (1887–1983), British racehorse trainer
Cecil Brooks III (born 1961), American drummer
C. T. Caldera, Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army from 1976-1977
Cecil Calvert (disambiguation), several people
Cecil Clarke (born 1968), Canadian politician
Cecil Clementi (1875–1947), Governor of Hong Kong, British colonial administrator
Cecil Clementi Smith (1840–1916), British colonial administrator
Cec Cooper (1926–2010), Australian professional rugby league footballer and coach
Cecil Cooper (born 1949), American baseball player and manager
Cecil Cooper (bishop) (1882–1964), English-Korean bishop
Cecil Cooper (priest) (1871–1942), British priest and dean
Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972), Anglo-Irish poet
Cecil B. DeMille (1881–1959), American film director and film producer
Cecil Dolecheck (born 1951), American politician from Iowa
Cecil Duncan (1893–1979), Canadian ice hockey administrator
Cecil Fielder (born 1963), American baseball player
Cecil Gordon (1941–2012), American racecar driver
Cecil Grigg (1891–1968), American football player
Cecil Harcourt (1892–1959), British military officer
Cecil Heftel (1924–2010), American politician in Hawaii
Cecil Humphery-Smith (1928–2021), British genealogist and heraldist
Cecil E. Johnson (1888–1955), Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
Cecil Kaiser (1916–2011), American baseball player
Cecil Kellaway (1890–1973), British-South African actor
Cecil Kirk (died 1944), American politician from Maryland
Cecil Leonard (1946–2020), American football player
Cecil Mamiit (born 1977), American tennis player representing the Philippines
Cecil McBee (born 1935), American jazz bassist
Cecil Mountford (1919–2009), New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach
Cecil Parker (1897–1971), English character and comedy actor
Cecil Parkinson (1931–2016), British politician
Cecil Payne (1922–2007), American saxophonist
Cecil Polhill (1860–1938), British missionary
Cecil Potter (1888–1975), former professional manager
Cecil Frank Powell (1903–1969), British physicist
Cecil Purdy (1906–1979), Australian chess player
Cecil Rawle (1891-1938), Politician from Dominica
Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902), British imperialist and businessman
Cecil Saint-Laurent, the nom de plume of Jacques Laurent (1919–2000), French writer and journalist
Cecil Sandford (1928–2023), British motorcycle racer
Cecil Sandford (footballer) (1874–1946), Australian rules footballer
Cecil Sharp (1859–1924), English folk-song collector
Cecil Spring Rice (1859–1918), British diplomat
Cecil Clyde Squier (died 1951), American politician from Maryland
Cecil W. Stoughton (1920–2008), American photographer
Cecil Taylor (1929–2018), American pianist and poet
Cecil Taylor (playwright) (1929–1981), Scottish playwright
Cecil Tyndale-Biscoe (1863–1949), British missionary and educationalist, working in Kashmir
Cecil Waidyaratne (1938–2001), Sri Lankan military officer
Cecil Williamson (1909–1999), English screenwriter, film editor, film director and Neopagan warlock
Cecil Womack (1947–2013), American singer-songwriter and record producer
Cecil Charles Worster-Drought (1888–1971), English physician

Notable women with the given name

Cecil Aldana (born 2003), Cuban footballer
Cecil Frances Alexander (1818–1895), Irish hymnist
Cecil Arden (1894–1989), American opera singer
Cecil Adair (1856–1932), English novelist
Cecil Bødker (1927–2020), Danish writer
Cecil Tremayne Buller (1886–1973), Canadian artist
Cecil Cowles (1893–1968), American pianist and composer
Cecil Cunningham (1888–1959), American actress
Cecil Curle (1901–1987), Scottish archaeologist and art historian
Cecil Castellucci (born 1969), American writer and musician
Cecil Craig, Viscountess Craigavon (1883–1960), British Unionist activist and politician
Cecil Charles, American writer, translator and newspaper journalist
Cecil Dawkins (1927–2019), American author
Cecil de Cardonnel, 2nd Baroness Dynevor (1735–1793), Welsh peeress
Cecil Dorrian (1882–1926), One of women accredited as AEF correspondents in WWI
Cecil M. Harden (1894–1984), American educator and politician
Cecil Higgs (1898–1986), South African artist
Cecil Hoffman (born 1962), American actress
Cecil Jay (1883–1954), Anglo-American painter
Cecil Jospé (1928–2004), American photographer and watercolorist
Cecil Kishimoto (born 1990), Japanese fashion model
Cecil Chetwynd Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian (1808–1877), British noblewoman and philanthropist
Cecil Kern (1880–1928), American actress
Cecil Leitch (1891–1977), British golfer
Cecil Mary Leslie (1900–1980), British engraver, portrait painter, sculptor and illustrator
Cecil Roy (1900–1995), American actress
Cecil Smith (1908–1997), Canadian figure skater
Cecil Spooner (1875–1953), American actress
Cecil Woodham-Smith (1896–1977), British historian and biographer

Fictional characters

Cecil, minor character from the NBC soap opera Passions
Cecil, a character from the American animated series Beany and Cecil
Cecil Adams, an author pseudonym in The Straight Dope newspaper column
Cecil Aijima, a character in the anime series Uta no Prince-sama
Cecil Fredericks, a character from the films Night at the Museum and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Cecil Harvey (Final Fantasy), character in the Final Fantasy IV video game
Cecil Jacobs, character from the book To Kill A Mockingbird
Cecil Gershwin Palmer, character in the Welcome to Night Vale podcast
Cecil Putnam, a character in Ninjago
Cecil Stedman, character in the Invincible comics and its television adaptation.
Cecil Sudo, the protagonist in the anime series Wizard Barristers
Cecil Terwilliger, brother of Sideshow Bob in The Simpsons
Cecil Turtle, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon character
Cecil Vyse, a character from E. M. Forster's novel A Room with a View
Cecil the Geek, a Challenge TV character
Cecil Markowitz, minor character from the novel series «Heroes of Olympus» and «The Trials of Apollo» by Rick Riordan.

Others

Cecil (lion), a lion that had lived in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, until being killed by an illegal poacher in 2015

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