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Across the world, Cilia (Cilia , Циля , Силия ) is quite a common principally female, but scarcely masculine forename. The given name Cilia is characteristic of Algeria, where it is quite a rare predominantly girly, but very infrequently masculine name, Israel, where it is quite a rare female name, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare epicene name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Algeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Brazil. Also, Cilia is the last name as well as the forename.
Cilia is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Cilia , the operatic character in the opera La capricciosa corretta by Vicente Martín y Soler; Ciprigna's maid.