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Usage
Old Norse
Old Swedish
Old Danish
Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
Finnish
Icelandic
Greenlandic
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Origin and Meaning
Nordic form of Caecilia (see also -ia) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Related Names
See Caecilia
Male
Ceciliuson
|
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Female
Ceciliudóttir
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Grammar
- Danish |
Nominative: |
Cecilia
|
Genitive: |
Cecilias
|
- Finnish |
Nominative: |
Cecilia
|
Genitive: |
Cecilian
|
Partitive: |
Ceciliaa
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- Icelandic |
Nominative: |
Cecilia
|
Accusative: |
Ceciliu
|
Dative: |
Ceciliu
|
Genitive: |
Ceciliu
|
- Norwegian |
Nominative: |
Cecilia
|
Genitive: |
Cecilias
|
- Swedish |
Nominative: |
Cecilia
|
Genitive: |
Cecilias
|
Name Days
Denmark
|
22 November
|
Faroe Islands
|
22 November
|
Finland
|
22 November
|
 Finland (Swedish Language)
|
22 November
|
Sweden
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22 November
|
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Namesakes
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 39872 people were named Cecilia (percentage of first or only given name: 10 %) [10]
Statistics
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Country | Commonness
| Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ |
|
| as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& |
---|
Sweden[12] |
|
23274 |
65215 |
23274 |
65211 |
0 |
4 |
Finland[13] |
|
n.a. |
7259 |
n.a. |
7259 |
0 |
0 |
Denmark[14] |
|
1786 |
n.a. |
1786 |
n.a. |
0 |
n.a. |
Iceland[15] |
|
16 |
35 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Greenland[16] |
|
6 |
16 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Norway[17] |
|
814 |
n.a. |
814 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
#: count of main first name only |
&: count of both main and additional first names |
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
Recent Statistics Trend
Sources: [12][14][17][13]
Top List Ranking
Sources: [18]
Swedish Regional Distribution
Regional distribution of Cecilia (f) in Sweden in the year 1880.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
- ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
- ↑ Guðrún Kvaran: Nöfn Íslendinga (2011)
- ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, census of 2011, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Navnemode og modenavne (1993)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ details see Name Statistic tables