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SEE

Name SEE

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 273 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:
2.20% to boys
97.80% to girls
The country where the first name See is the most common is:
US 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 *

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Origin and meaning of name See

US English
Etymology src :
  • From Middle English seen, from Old English sēon (“to see, look, behold, perceive, observe, discern, understand, know”), from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to see, notice”).
Etymology src :
Etymology (Interjection) src :
  • see
  • Introducing an explanation
  • Synonyms: look, well, so
Etymology (See also) src :
  • look
  • sight
  • watch
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • 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.
Etymology (See also) src :
  • cathedra
  • cathedral
  • chair
  • throne
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • see (plural sees)
  • Alternative form of cee; the name of the Latin-script letter C.
Anagrams src :
  • -ese, ESE, Ese, ees, ese
Anagrams src :
  • -ese, ESE, Ese, ees, ese
Noun src :
  • SEE (plural SEEs)
  • (computing) Initialism of single-event effect (a temporary or permanent fault caused by an ionizing radiation particle or ray striking a computer chip).
  • Initialism of Signed Exact English.
Pronunciation src :
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sē, IPA(key): /ˈsiː/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsi/
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Homophones: C, cee, sea, Seay
Noun (Hyponyms) src :
Middle English
Etymology src :
  • Inherited from Old English sǣ, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.
Etymology src :
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
Etymology (Noun) src :
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • IPA(key): /sɛː/, /seː/
  • Rhymes: -ɛː
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • 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) src :
  • IPA(key): /seː/
  • Rhymes: -eː
General
Proper noun src :
  • See (plural Sees)
  • A surname.
  • An English surname.
  • A surname from German.
  • A surname from Chinese.
Afrikaans
Etymology src :
  • From Dutch zee, from Middle Dutch sêe, from Old Dutch sēo, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.
Alternative forms src :
Noun src :
  • see (plural seë)
  • sea
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /sɪə/, /zɪə/
Noun (Derived terms) src :
  • seekoei
  • seesout
  • seevis
  • seevoël
  • seewater
Middle Dutch
Etymology src :
  • From Old Dutch sēo, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.
Noun src :
Noun (Descendants) src :
  • Dutch: zee fAfrikaans: seeBerbice Creole Dutch: seiJavindo: seeNegerhollands: see→ Saramaccan: zé→ Sranan Tongo: se
  • Limburgish: zieë f
  • West Flemish: zji m or f, zêe
FI Finnish
Etymology src :
Etymology src :
  • < seitsemän
Etymology src :
  • Compare Estonian see.
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
Etymology (Noun) src :
Etymology (Numeral) src :
  • see
  • (colloquial, counting) seven
Etymology (See also) src :
  • seitsemän (“seven”)
Etymology (Pronoun) src :
  • see
  • (dialectal, rare, Southwest) Alternative form of se.
Anagrams src :
  • ees
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈseː/, [ˈs̠e̞ː]
  • Rhymes: -eː
  • Syllabification(key): see
DE German
Etymology src :
  • From Old High German sē, sēo m (“sea”), from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi m (“sea”), from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz m (“sea”). Compare Low German See (“sea, lake”), Dutch zee f (“sea”), English sea, Danish sø c (“sea, lake”).
Noun src :
  • See f (genitive See, plural Seen)
  • (uncountable, singular only) sea, ocean
  • Synonyms: Meer, Ozean
  • Giorgos Christides, "Griechenland empört über Kritik aus Österreich: "Sollen wir die Flüchtlingsboote vielleicht versenken?"", Der Spiegel, January 26, 2016.
  • (nautical) sea, sea condition, swell
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /zeː/
  • Rhymes: -eː
Proper noun src :
  • See n (proper noun, genitive Sees or (optionally with an article) See)
  • A municipality of Tyrol, Austria
Noun (Usage notes) src :
  • (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.
West Frisian
Etymology src :
  • From Old Frisian sē, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwi.
Noun src :
  • see c (plural seeën, diminutive seeke)
  • sea
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /seː/
Noun (Derived terms) src :
  • seehûn
  • seeko
  • seerôver
Scots
Etymology src :
  • From Middle English seen, from Old English sēon, from Proto-West Germanic *sehwan. Cognate with English see.
Alternative forms src :
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): [ˈsi]
  • (Coast Scots) IPA(key): [ˈsəi̯]
Verb src :
  • see (third-person singular simple present sees, present participle seein, simple past saw, seed, past participle seen)
  • to see
 

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Total births of See by country

Births with the first name See
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
0
261
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
4
3
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
0
2
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
2
0
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
0
1
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Personalities with the first name See

There is 0 personality with the first name See


Film Actors and Actresses with the first name See

There are 12 actors and actresses with the first name See
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Rankings of first name SEE by country

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Other boys' names around See
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Other girls' names around See
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