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Cecilija

Female#666 most common in Croatia618 people in Croatia
Meaning:
Blind (of the Caecilius family)
Origin:
Latin

About the name Cecilija

From Latin 'caecus' (blind); St. Cecilia is the patron of music.

Name day and nicknames

Name day:
November 22 (sv. Cecilija)

Popularity with newborns

Cecilija has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.

People with this name in Croatia

618 people in Croatia are called Cecilija, according to the 2021 census. That is #666 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Cecilija is recorded in 18 of Croatia's 21 counties.

Bjelovarsko-bilogorskaBrodsko-posavskaDubrovačko-neretvanskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKoprivničko-križevačkaKrapinsko-zagorskaMeđimurskaOsječko-baranjskaPrimorsko-goranskaSisačko-moslavačkaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVaraždinskaVirovitičko-podravskaVukovarsko-srijemskaZadarskaZagrebačkaŠibensko-kninska

Characteristics

ReligiousClassicModerately common

Sources

Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.