Name

Name SEE

Between 1880 and 2019 there were 266 births of See in the countries below, which represents an average of 2 births of children bearing the first name See per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 0 birth.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom See
In Italiano

Nome See

Information about the first name See

The first name See has been assigned to:

0.75% to boys
99.25% to girls

The country where the first name See is the most common is:

United State of America

This first name is on trend: Female

This first name has 3 letters including 2 vowels and 1 consonant

Anagrams of the first name See

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of See : Ese, Esé, Eşe

See in Japanese ^*

Romaji	shii
Katakana	シー
Hiragana	しー
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Origin and meaning of name See

English

Etymology

From Middle English se, see, from Old French sie (“seat, throne; town, capital; episcopal see”), from Latin sedes (“seat”), referring to the bishop's throne or chair (compare seat of power) in the cathedral; related to the Latin verb sedere (“to sit”).

Etymology (Interjection)

see
Directing the audience to pay attention to the following
Synonyms: behold, look; see also Thesaurus:lo
Introducing an explanation
Synonyms: look, well, so

Etymology (See also)

look
sight
watch

Etymology (Noun)

see (plural sees)
a diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.
The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric
A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
Ioue laught on Venus from his soueraigne see

Etymology (See also)

cathedra
cathedral
chair
throne

Anagrams

-ese, ESE, ees, ese

Pronunciation

enPR: sē, IPA(key): /siː/
Rhymes: -iː
Homophones: C, cee, sea, Seay

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English sǣ, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.

Etymology

From Old French sei, from Latin sedes.

Etymology (Alternative forms)

se, sæ, ce, sea, sei, ze

Etymology (Noun)

see (plural sees)
sea, ocean
A body of water, a lake

Etymology (Pronunciation)

IPA(key): /sɛː/, /seː/
Rhymes: -ɛː

Etymology (Alternative forms)

se, ce, cee

Etymology (Noun)

see (plural sees)
seat, chair
dwelling, residence
A royal or episcopal chair
A royal or episcopal polity or realm
A royal or episcopal residence
(Christianity) The Kingdom of Heaven.

Etymology (Pronunciation)

IPA(key): /seː/
Rhymes: -eː

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zee, from Middle Dutch sêe, from Old Dutch sēo, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.

Alternative forms

sé (obsolete)

Noun

see (plural seë)
sea

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /sɪə/

Noun (Derived terms)

seekoei
seesout
seevis
seevoël
seewater

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch sēo, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.

Noun

sêe f or m
sea

Noun (Descendants)

Dutch: zeeAfrikaans: see→ Sranan Tongo: se→ Saramaccan: zé
Limburgish: zieë
West Flemish: zji, zêe

Finnish

Etymology

Compare Swedish ce, English cee.

Etymology

< seitsemän

Etymology (Alternative forms)

Etymology (Noun)

see
cee (The name of the Latin-script letter C.)

Etymology (Numeral)

see
(colloquial, counting) seven

Etymology (See also)

seitsemän (“seven”)

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈseː/, [ˈs̠e̞ː]
Rhymes: -eː
Syllabification: see

German

Etymology

From Old High German sēo, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz. Compare Low German See, Dutch zee, English sea, Danish sø.

Noun

See f (genitive See, no plural)
sea, ocean
Synonyms: Meer, Ozean
Giorgos Christides, "Griechenland empört über Kritik aus Österreich: "Sollen wir die Flüchtlingsboote vielleicht versenken?"", Der Spiegel, January 26, 2016.
sea, sea condition, swell

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /zeː/
Rhymes: -eː

Proper noun

See n (genitive Sees)
A municipality of Tyrol, Austria.

Noun (Usage notes)

(sea, ocean): This sense is normal in compounds and fixed expressions (as above). Otherwise, See is elevated and usually replaced by the synonym Meer.
(swell): This sense is very common in nautical parlance but also familiar to ordinary people.