Cilicia

• English:/sɪˈlɪsɪə/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
• Spanish:/θiliθja/○(machine-generated) model-generated
• Portuguese:/silisjɐ/○(machine-generated) model-generated

Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.

Cilicia is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English75%

  An ancient region in southeastern Asia Minor in modern Turkey, famed for cilice, i.e. haircloth made from the hair of Cilician goats.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  ancient country. Asia Minor

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• Spanish14%

  Cilicia (an ancient region in southeastern Asia Minor in modern Turkey, famed for cilice, i.e. haircloth made from the hair of Cilician goats)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Portuguese5.2%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Cilicia in Portuguese.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Cilicia is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Peru, Mexico

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Cilícia

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Cilícia

• Swahili given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States

  Also written Kilikia

• French name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Cilicie

21 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

11 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 8 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

How do you pronounce Cilicia?

It depends on the language: in English /sɪˈlɪsɪə/ (Wiktionary); in Spanish /θiliθja/; in Portuguese /silisjɐ/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

Is Cilicia a male or female name?

Cilicia is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).

What does the name Cilicia mean?

Recorded meaning: Cilicia (an ancient region in southeastern Asia Minor in modern Turkey, famed for cilice, i.e.

Which countries have the most people named Cilicia?

Mondonomo estimates about 400 people named Cilicia in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cilicia. After it come United States, Brazil, Philippines and Australia; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Cilicia most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Cilicia is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 125 thousand people — even though Pakistan holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Cilicia?

In the United States, the national register counted 231 people named Cilicia in 2020, about 1 in 1.4 million residents.