Cecil (surname)

Cecil is a surname 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 surname[]

Notable people with the surname include:

• Brett Cecil (born 1986), American baseball pitcher
• Brittanie Cecil (1988–2002), 13-year-old spectator at an ice hockey game killed by a wayward puck
• Chuck Cecil (born 1964), American football player
• Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon (1572–1638), English political and military leader

• Edward Cecil (disambiguation)

• Henry Cecil (disambiguation)
• Lord David Cecil (1902–1986), British biographer, historian and academic
• Nora Cecil (1878–1951), British-American character actress
• Robert Cecil (disambiguation)
  • Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (disambiguation), several people
• Malcolm Cecil (1937–2021), British jazz bassist and Grammy Award-winning record producer
• Rex Cecil (1916–1966), American baseball pitcher 1944–1945
• William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley or Lord Burghley (1520–1598), English statesman, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I

See also[]

• Marquess of Salisbury, which has a family name of Cecil
• Marquess of Exeter, which has a family name of Cecil

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