Sissel

Sissel is a Scandinavian female given name .

etymology

Sissel: Swedish nickname for Cäcilie (Latin).
Meaning: goes back to the ancient Roman family name of the Caecilier .

Name bearers

• Sissel Grottenberg (* 1956), Norwegian long-distance runner
• Sissel Kyrkjebø (* 1969), Norwegian singer
• Sissel Lægreid (* 1952), Norwegian literary scholar
• Sissel Linderoth (* 1974), Norwegian badminton player
• Sissel Rønbeck (* 1950), Norwegian politician
• Sissel Tolaas (* 1961), Norwegian artist and university professor

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sissel on vornames-weltweit.de
2. ↑ Sissel on behindthename.com (Engl.)
3. ↑ The most beautiful Nordic first names, Birgit Adam, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich, 2007, p. 79