Cee

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Cee is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Abbreviation of Central and Eastern Europe.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 522K(measured from records)
  • GHGhana≈1 in 59K
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 107K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,800 people, est.

Sources
246 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 59K (inferred from the name graph)

Ghana, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Abbreviation of Central and Eastern Europe.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Cee counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Cee is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NG Nigeria≈1,800 est.≈1 in 122K—Cee23
US United States6371 in 522K441Cee246
ZA South Africa≈530 est.≈1 in 107K—Cee14
GH Ghana≈500 est.≈1 in 59K—Cee15
PH Philippines≈470 est.≈1 in 231K—Cee43
SG Singapore≈28 est.≈1 in 221K—Cee16

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Cee is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, United States

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Čëë

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Ceé, Cée

  • French given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines

    Also written Céé, Cée, Cëé, Céè, Céë

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Cëĕ

  • Portuguese given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Brazil

    Also written Çee, Ceę, Çëë, Cèè, Céé

50 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Cee is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In cdo, erent a = ates ln alee em shame, disgrace, to abuse, to insult, abusive, disgraceful speech. distorted, irregular, to jeer, to jest, to ridicule, to wait for, to lope, a narrow pathway (}R)

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

  • In cdo, stuff, ae oF ARAB EE & not up to his work.. FR original endowments

    as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect

  • In Italian, EEC (European Economic Community)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In vec, feminine plural of ceo

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Galician, inflection of cear:

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

  • J. C. Johnsonb. 1896USnot in their usual nameAmerican musician (1896-1981)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 14 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Cee
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020441#51,084
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000170#98,770
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010150#116,201
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Cee mean, and where does it come from?
Abbreviation of Central and Eastern Europe. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Cee a male or female name?
Cee is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Cee have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.8 thousand people named Cee in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled cee.
How common is the name Cee?
In the United States, the national register counted 637 people named Cee in 2020, about 1 in 522 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cee”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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