Cecilia

Cecilia (also Cécilia and Cecelia ) is a form of the female given name Cäcilie .

Name bearers

• Cecilia Andersson (* 1982), Swedish ice hockey goalkeeper
• Cécilia Attias (* 1957), French mannequin and ex-wife of Nicolas Sarkozy
• Cecilia Baena (* 1986), Colombian speed skater
• Cecilia Bannerman , politician in Ghana
• Cecilia Bartoli (* 1966), Italian-Austrian opera singer
• Cecilia Bolocco (* 1965), Chilean presenter and actress
• Cecilia Brækhus (* 1981), Norwegian boxer of Colombian descent
• Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck (1862–1938), British aristocrat, grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II.
• Cecilia Chacón (* 1971) Peruvian entrepreneur and politician
• Cecilia Colledge (1920–2008), British figure skater
• Cecilia Dahlman (* 1968), Swedish tennis player
• Cecilia Ehrling (* 1984), Swedish professional dancer
• Cecilia Gasdia (* 1960), Italian opera singer
• Cecilia Hagen (* 1946), Swedish journalist and writer
• Cecilia Jarlskog (* 1941), Swedish theoretical physicist
• Cecilia Kunz (* 1971), German actress
• Cecilia Lindqvist (* 1932), Swedish sinologist, writer and photographer
• Cecilia Malmström (* 1968), Swedish political scientist and politician for the Liberalerna party
• Cecilia Medina Quiroga (* 1935), Chilean human rights activist
• Cecilia Muñoz-Palma (1913–2006), first female judge to the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• Cecilia Nilsson (born 1957), Swedish actress
• Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900–1979), English-American astronomer
• Cecilia Peck (* 1958), American actress and film producer
• Cecilia Pillado (* 1966), Argentine actress, pianist and composer
• Cecilia Roth (* 1958), Argentine actress
• Cecília Schelingová, maiden name of Zdenka Schelingová (1916–1955), Slovak nun
• Cecilia Stegö Chilò (* 1959), Swedish journalist and politician
• Cecilia Steiner (* 1989), Swiss actress
• Cecilia Underwood, 1st Duchess of Inverness (around 1785, † 1873), British nobleman
• Cecilia Wikström (* 1965), Swedish politician of the Liberalerna
• Cecilia Young (1712–1789), English singer, Handel interpreter

• Cecilia of Greece (1911–1937), nobleman from the house of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
• Cecilia Johansdotter of Sweden (* around 1145, † after 1193), wife of Knut I. Eriksson, Queen of Sweden

Variant of Cecelia:

• Cecelia Ahern (* 1981), Irish writer, playwright, screenwriter
• Cecelia Holland (* 1943), American writer
• Cecelia Veronica Peniston (* 1969), American singer, see Ce Ce Peniston
• Cecelia Specht (* 1967), American actress

See also

• Caleta Cecilia
• Cecilia Island , island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
• Cecilia Valdés , Cuban feature film from 1982
• Cecilia (song) , song by Simon and Garfunkel (1970)
• Cecilia, song by Bill Ramsey (1959)