Definitions for cecil
ˈsɛs əl, ˈsɪs-ce·cil

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1. Cecilnoun

   A male given name from Latin.

   John Sumner always called him "Sissy" but other kids called him Cecil or See-sal or Weasil. He didn't mind anything except "Sissy". Every time he heard it he saw red.

2. Cecilnoun

   A surname.

3. Etymology: From Latin Caecilius, a Roman family name derived from caecus ("blind"). The surname has absorbed the Old Welsh given name Seisyllt, from Latin Sextilius, from Sextus.

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1. Cecil

   Cecil is a village in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 570 at the 2010 census. The village was named after a railroad man, Cecil Leavitt when the Railroad was finished in 1884.

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1. cecil

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1. CECIL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cecil is ranked #3004 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Cecil surname appeared 11,941 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Cecil.
   
   90.5% or 10,813 total occurrences were White.
   3.8% or 457 total occurrences were Black.
   2.3% or 279 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.4% or 176 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1% or 130 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.7% or 86 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cecil in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cecil in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of cecil in a Sentence

1. Nelson Mandela:

   By combining our name with that of Cecil John Rhodes in this initiative is to signal a closing of the circle and a coming together of two strands in our history.

2. Steve Taylor:

   This guy was a really successful guide, and he died by a lion. And I think that’s the Cecil Effect. Guides in Zimbabwe are petrified of having the world turn on them.

3. Chris Schopf:

   Cecil's laugh was infectious. David Rosenthal was so kind and had such a gentle spirit. Together, they looked out for one another, they were inseparable. Most of all, they were kind, good people with a strong faith and respect for everyone around.

4. Johnny Rodrigues:

   The saddest part of all is that, now that Cecil is dead, the next lion in the hierarchy, Jericho will most likely kill all Cecil's cubs so that he can insert his own bloodline into the females, this is standard procedure for lions.

5. Glenn Cutler:

   Cecil’s death empowered us to do a game where animals shoot at the poachers for a change, we have the animals shooting while flying through space for a reason. It has to do with drones and satellites. These modern technologies could track the animals and also track the poachers if they kill another Cecil.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cecil
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=cecil
3. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html