Cecelia is a variation of the given name Cecilia. People with the name include: Cecelia Adkins (1923–2007, African-American publisher Cecelia Ager (1902–1981), American film critic and reporter Cecelia Ahern (born 1981) is an Irish novelist Cecelia Akagu (fl. 2010s–2020s), Nigerian Army brigadier general Cecelia Antoinette (1949–2020), American actress, comedian, and writer Cecelia Ayanori Bukari-Yakubu (fl. 1960s), Ghanaian politician Cecelia Svinth Carpenter (1924–2010), first historian to write in detail about the Nisqually people Cecelia Condit (born 1947), American video artist Cecelia Cortes (born 1989), American professional squash player Cecelia Felgueras (born 1962), Argentine politician Cecelia Frey (born 1936), Canadian poet, novelist, and short story writer Cecelia Lee Fung-Sing (born 1933), Chinese actress and Cantonese opera singer from Hong Kong Cecelia Goetz (1917–2004), American lawyer and bankruptcy judge Cecelia González (fl. 2020s), American politician serving in the Nevada Assembly Cecelia Hall (fl. 1970s–2010s), American sound designer and sound editor Cecelia Holland (born 1943), American historical fiction novelist Cecelia Joyce (born 1983), Irish cricketer Cecelia Kenyon (1923–1990), American political scientist Cecelia Pedescleaux (born 1945), African-American quilter of traditional and art quilts Cecelia Cabaniss Saunders (1879–1966), African-American civil rights leader Cecelia Tichi (born 1942), American academic and author of mystery novels Cecelia Watson (fl. 2010s–2020s), American author and historian Cecelia Wolstenholme (1915–1968), English competitive swimmer