Entry № 1711 · Latin origin

Caecilia Caecilia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ see-SEE-lee-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Blind one (patron of music)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient (Latin)

A name that means "blind one (patron of music)".

Caecilia is the Latin original of Cecilia — from caecus, meaning "blind." Saint Cecilia (2nd-3rd c.) was a Roman martyr who sang to God in her heart as she died. Patron saint of music and musicians.

Caecilia is the older Latin spelling — widely used in Germanic Catholic countries.

Patron of music. The Roman martyr.

The name in its native script.

Caecilia
Transliteration
Caecilia
Pronunciation
/ siːˈsiː.li.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Caecilia stands.

Caecilia does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Caecilias before her.

Real people
Saint Caecilia
Patron saint of music.
2nd-3rd c.
In fiction
Caecilia
Common in Catholic fiction.

Names connected to Caecilia.

The number behind Caecilia.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Caecilia reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.