Cecilie

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Female Name

Usage

Old Norse
Old Danish
Danish
Norwegian
Swedish
Finnish
Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

Variant form of Cecilia (see also -ie)

Related Names

See Caecilia

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Cecilie
Genitive:	Cecilies

- Finnish
Nominative:	Cecilie
Genitive:	Cecilien
Partitive:	Cecilietä

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Cecilie
Genitive:	Cecilies

- Swedish
Nominative:	Cecilie
Genitive:	Cecilies

Name Day

Norway

22 November

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Denmark: 11th century

Strongest Period of Usage

• Denmark:
  • -1910
  • -1930
  • 1970-
  • 1985-
• Sweden:
  • 1900-1909
  • 1950-1959

Predominant Regional Usage

• Denmark:
  • Sønderjylland
  • København
  • Østjylland
  • Sjælland
• Sweden:
  • Sydsverige

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 104 people were named Cecilie (percentage of first or only given name: 15 %)

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Denmark		15370	n.a.	15370	n.a.	0	n.a.
Sweden		161	409	161	409	0	0
Greenland		95	395	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	60	n.a.	60	0	0
Iceland		3	5	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		8315	n.a.	8315	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.

 

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