Cecil (given name)

Cecil is a usually male given name of Welsh origin.

The name was associated with Monmouthshire and derives from the Old Welsh personal name Seisyllt. The name may be related to that of the local celtic tribe (Silures) and the successor kingdom (Essyllwg).

The spelling has been modified greatly as a result of folk etymological association with the Latin name C(a)ecilius, a derivative of caecus ‘blind’.

Notable people with the name include:

People

Male

Cecil Banes-Walker (1888–1915), English first-class cricketer
Cecil A. Beasley (1876-1959), American lawyer and politician
Cecil Beaton (1904–1980), English photographer and Academy Award-winner
Cecil Boyd-Rochfort (1887–1983), British thoroughbred racehorse trainer
Cecil Brooks III (born 1961), American jazz drummer
Cecil Clarke (born 1968), Canadian Legislative Assemblyman
Cecil Clementi (1875-1947), 17th Governor of Hong Kong, 24th Governor of the Straits Settlements
Cec Cooper (born 1926), Australian former professional rugby league player and coach
Cecil Cooper (born 1949), American baseball player and manager
Cecil Cooper (bishop) (1882-1964), fourth Bishop in Korea from 1931 until 1954
Cecil Cooper (priest) (1871-1942), British priest and Dean of Carlisle from 1933 to 1938
Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972), Irish poet and the British Poet Laureate
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959), American film director and film producer
Cecil Dolecheck (born 1951), Iowa State Representative from the 96th District
Cecil Fielder (born 1963), American baseball player
Cecil Grigg (1891–1968), American football player
Cecil Harcourt (1892–1959), Royal Navy Admiral, de facto governor of Hong Kong after the Second World War.
Cecil Heftel (1924–2010), American politician in Hawaii
Cecil Humphery-Smith (born 1928), British genealogist and heraldist
Cecil Leonard (born 1946), American football player
Cecil Mamiit (born 1977), American tennis player representing the Philippines
Cecil McBee (born 1935), American post bop jazz bassist
Cecil Mountford (1919–2009), New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach
Cecil Parker (1897–1971), English character and comedy actor
Cecil Parkinson (1931-2016), British politician
Cecil Potter (born 1888), former professional manager
Cecil Frank Powell (1903–1969), British physicist and Nobel laureate
Cecil Purdy (1906–1979), Australian chess player
Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902), British imperialist and businessman
Cecil Saint-Laurent, the nom de plume of Jacques Laurent
Cecil Sandford (born 1928), British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
Cecil Sandford (footballer) (1874-1946), Australian rules footballer
Cecil Spring Rice (1859–1918), British diplomat and Ambassador to United States 1912–1918
Cecil Taylor (1929–2018), American pianist and poet
Cecil Taylor (playwright) (1929-1981), Scottish playwright
Cecil Tyndale-Biscoe (1863–1949), British missionary and educationalist, working in Kashmir
Cecil Waidyaratne (1938-2001), 12th Commander of the Sri Lanka Army
Cecil Williamson (1909–1999), influential English Neopagan Witch
Cecil Charles Worster-Drought (1888–1971), English physician

Female

Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895), Irish hymnist
Cecil Arden (1894–1989), American opera singer (mezzo-soprano/contralto)
Cecil Bødker (born 1927), Danish writer
Cecil Cunningham (1888–1959), American film and stage actress
Cecil Woodham-Smith (1896–1977), British historian and biographer
Cecil Castellucci (born 1969), American writer and musician
Cecil Kishimoto (born 1990), Japanese fashion model

Fictional characters

Cecil, main character in the Welcome to Night Vale podcast
Cecil Harvey, a main character of the Final Fantasy IV video game
Cecil Adams, an author pseudonym in The Straight Dope newspaper column
Cecil Vyse, character in E. M. Forster's novel A Room with a View
Cecil Aijima, one of the main characters in the anime series, Uta no Prince-sama
Cecil Fredericks, the villain in the film, Night at the Museum
Cecil, an alien in Claudio Sanchez's Amory Wars

Others

Cecil, a lion that had lived in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe, until being killed by a hunter in 2015

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