Cecilia (disambiguation)

Cecilia is a female name. It may also refer to:

Geography

• Cecilia, Kentucky, unincorporated community in the United States
• Cecilia, Louisiana, small census-designated place in the United States
• Cecilia Island, Antarctica
• Santa Cecilia, municipality in Spain
• Santa Cecilia del Alcor, municipality in Spain
• Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, 5th century church in Rome

People

• Saint Cecilia, 2nd century virgin martyr and patron Saint of musicians and Church music
• Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1540–1627)
• Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807–1844)
• Cecilia of Normandy (died 1126), thought to be the daughter of William the Conqueror
• Cecilia (Norwegian singer) (fl. 1994 to present)
• Cecilia (royal mistress), royal mistress of Eric of Pomerania, king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
• Cecilia (Spanish singer) (1948–1976)
• Cécilia Attias (born 1957), former First Lady of France, ex-wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy
• Cecilia Bartoli (born 1966), Italian mezzo-soprano
• Cecilia Beaux (1855–1942), American society portrait painter
• Cecilia Bolocco (born 1965), Chilean television entertainer, former Miss Universe 1987 and former wife of ex-Argentine president Carlos Menem
• Cecilia Bowes-Lyon (1862–1938), British aristocrat and grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II
• Cecilia Cheung (born 1980), Hong Kong singer and actress
• Cecilia Colledge (1920–2008), British figure skater
• Cecilia Gallerani (1473–1536), favourite and most celebrated mistress of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan
• Cecilia Gasdia (born 1960), Italian soprano
• Cecilia Grierson (1859–1934), Argentine physician and activist
• Cecilia Johansdotter of Sweden (fl. 1193), Queen Consort of King Canute I of Sweden
• Cecilia Keaveney (born 1968), Irish politician
• Cecilia Malmström (born 1968), Swedish politician
• Cecilia Morel (born 1954), Chilean First Lady, wife of President Sebastián Piñera
• Cecilia Muñoz (born 1962), Director of Intergovernmental Affairs at the White House
• Cecilia Noël (born c. 1960s), wife and co-performer of Men at Work singer Colin Hay
• Cecilia Nilsson (athlete) (born 1979), Swedish hammer thrower
• Cecilia Pantoja (born 1943), better known as Cecilia, Chilean singer songwriter
• Cecilia Parker (1914–1993), Canadian actress
• Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900–1979), English-American astronomer
• Cecilia Tan (born 1967), American writer
• Cecilia Young (1712–1789), English soprano

Animals

• Caecilian, Group (order) of amphibians

Climate

• Tropical Cyclone Cecilia (1993)

Books

• Cecilia (Burney novel), 18th century work by Frances Burney
• Cecilia (McClure novel), 1993 novel by Julie McClure

Films

• Cecilia (1954 film), Norwegian film
• Cecilia (1982 film), Cuban film

Music

• Cecilian Movement, movement of church reform centered in Italy around 1900
• Cecilia (band), American pop-rock band based in New York
• Cecilia, opera by Licinio Refice
• Cäcilie (Strauss), 1894 song by Richard Strauss

Songs

• "Cecilia" (Dreyer and Ruby song), 1926 song written by Dave Dreyer with lyrics by Harry Ruby
• "Cecilia" (Simon & Garfunkel song), 1970 song
• "Cecilia" (Ace of Base song), 1999 song
• Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart), 2014 song
• Cecilia and the Satellite, 2014 song