Cecil corresponds to what?

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Does anybody know where the name Cecil came from or what it translates into in
Hebrew? There are several Cecils in our family, which is originally from
Russia.

Thanks.
Judith Cooper
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Dial...@AOL.COM writes:

<< Does anybody know where the name Cecil came from or what it
translates into in Hebrew? There are several Cecils in our
family, which is originally from Russia. >>

==Cecil comes from Latin Caecilius and is thought to have meant "of
poor vision." That would make it appropriate for a Jewish woman
named Leah ("of poor vision") to be called Cecilia <g>

==Actually, in this case, you may not have to go to the Romans. Cecil
is usually pronounced See-sil. Which is exactly the same as the
Yiddish name Suessel or Zisel, meaning "sweet little one." a name many
of us have been called by adoring aunts and grandmothers while having
our cheeks tweaked.

I wish I could tell you more about the Suessels. There's an awful lot
on our family tree (in Frensdorf, Bavaria, 17th-18th cent., and I can't
yet figure out what they were called in Hebrew. Dictionaries of Jewish
first and last names posit many different names, none of which applies
properly. The best bet is that your Cecil (or an ancestor of his) was
adoringly called by his relatives.

But remember this truth: there is no direct correspondence between
Hebrew names (even Bibkical ones) and civil names. Cecil could have
been called in Hebrew anything from Abraham to Zefaniya.

Michael Bernet, New York

seeking:

BERNET, BERNAT, BAERNET, BERNERTH etc from Frensdorf, Bamberg, Nurnberg
KONIGSHOFER: Welbhausen, Konigshofen, Furth
ALTMANN: Kattowitz, Breslau, Poznan, Beuthen--Upper Silesia/Poland
WOLF: Frankfurt (Aron Wolf m. Babette Goldschmidt ca 1860) also in
Wurzburg, also Sali WOLF, Rotterdam

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[Dan Solomon]

My great trandmother was named Zisil, which I understand is Yiddish.
Her namesakes included Cecil, Cecile, and Sidney.

Judith Cooper wrote:
>Does anybody know where the name Cecil came from or what it translates
>into in Hebrew? There are several Cecils in our family, which is
>originally from Russia.

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[Tom Venetianer]

Cecil is the Anglicized form of the Welch given name "Seissylt", which
derives from the Latin given name "Sextilius" -> from Sextus == sixth

Cecilia has a completely different root: the Latin male given name
Caecilius, which was an old Roman *family name*, derives from the byname
"Caecus" which means "blind". Thus, indeed Cecilia derives from Caecilius,
but Cecil *does not*.

As for the correlation between Cecilia and Suessel, certainly its author
has a very rich imagination :-)

regards
Tom

>| Subject: Re: Cecil corresponds to what?
>| From: MBe...@aol.com

>| ==Cecil comes from Latin Caecilius and is thought to have meant "of
>| poor vision." That would make it appropriate for a Jewish woman
>| named Leah ("of poor vision") to be called Cecilia <g>
>|
>| ==Actually, in this case, you may not have to go to the Romans. Cecil
>| is usually pronounced See-sil. Which is exactly the same as the
>| Yiddish name Suessel or Zisel, meaning "sweet little one." a name many
>| of us have been called by adoring aunts and grandmothers while having
>| our cheeks tweaked.

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