Cécile

Cécile or Cecile is a feminine given name and surname. It is the French form of the name Cecilia, which is derived from the Roman Caecili family.

People

Given name

Ce'cile (Cecile Charlton, born 1976), Jamaican musician
Severin Cecile Abega (1955–2008), Cameroonian author
Cécile Aubry (1928–2010), retired French film actress and television screenwriter and director
Princess Cécile of Bourbon-Parma (1935–2021), French humanitarian and political activist
Cecile Bonnifait (born 1971), French architect based in New Zealand
Cécile Bozanga (born 1951), Central African politician and banker
Cécile Breccia, French actress
Cécile Brunschvicg (1877–1946), French feminist politician
Cécile Bruyère (1845–1909), Benedictine nun
Cécille Calmette (born 1968), French tennis player
Cécile Chabot (1907–1990), Canadian poet and illustrator
Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944), French composer and pianist
Cécile Charrier (born 1983), French neurobiologist
Cecile de Brunhoff (1903–2003), French storyteller
Cécile de France (born 1975), Belgian actress
Cecile of France (c. 1097–1145), French princess
Cécile Delpirou (born 1964), French politician
Cécile DeWitt-Morette (1922-2017), French mathematician and physicist
Cécile Fatiman (fl. 1791), voodoo priestess and a figure of the Haitian Revolution
Cécile Guillame (1933–2004), French engraver
Cécile Haussernot (born 1998), French chess player
Cecile Hulse Matschat (1895–1976), American author, geographer and botanist
Cecile Jospé (1928–2004), American photographer and watercolorist
Cecile Licad (born 1961), Filipina virtuoso classical pianist
Cécile Lignot-Maubert (born 1971), French hammer thrower
Cecile Brawley Long (1900–1983), American clubwoman
Cécile Manorohanta (21st century), Malagasy politician
Cécile Mourer-Chauviré (born 1939), French paleontologist
Cécile de Massy (born 1968), member of the Monegasque Princely Family
Cecile O'Rahilly (1894–1980), Irish scholar
Cécile Ousset (born 1936), French pianist
Cécile Paoli (born 1961), French actress
Cecile Pin (born 1995), French-born author based in London
Cecile Platovsky (20th century), Belgian American fashion designer
Cecile Reynaud (born 1953), volleyball educator
Cecile Richards (1957–2025), American feminist and abortion-rights activist
Cécile Rigaux (born 1969), French beach volleyball player
Cécile McLorin Salvant (born 1989), American jazz vocalist
Cécile Schott (21st century), French musician
Cecile Sinclair (born 1987), Dutch model
Cecile D. Singer (born c. 1929), New York politician
Cécile Untermaier (born 1951), French politician and civil servant
Cécile Vogt-Mugnier (1875–1962), French neurologist

Surname

Louis-Pierre Cécile (1905–1995), Ontario lawyer and political figure

Fictional characters

Cécile Croomy, a minor character in the 2006–2008 anime Code Geass
Cécile de Maron, a character on the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe
Cécile Cosima Caminades, a minor character in the 2010 video game Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Cecile Horton, a character in DC Comics and The Flash
Cécile de Volanges, a character in the French epistolary novel Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Cecile, fictional character in Sesame Street
Cécile, fictional character in Bonjour Tristesse

Science

Cecile (moth) a genus of moths in the family Apatelodinae

References

↑ "Cécile". Behind the Name. Retrieved 1 April 2026.
↑ Yonge, Charlotte Mary (1884). History of Christian Names. p. 144.
↑ Barbé, Jean-Maurice (1995). Nouveau dictionnaire des prénoms (in French). Ouest-France. p. 84.

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[1] "Cécile". Behind the Name. Retrieved 1 April 2026.

[2] Yonge, Charlotte Mary (1884). History of Christian Names. p. 144.

[3] Barbé, Jean-Maurice (1995). Nouveau dictionnaire des prénoms (in French). Ouest-France. p. 84.