Cecilia pronunciation?

[inkjoy]

Just that - how would you pronounce the name Cecilia?
Thanks all!

[Chaffinch4]

Se-sea-lee-ah. Does that make sense?

[grendel]

Somewhere between Suh-seely-uh and Sess-seely-uh

[Chaffinch4]

Lovely name.

[gillybeanz]

ses eel eela

She was the patron saint of music.
It's also a song by Simon and Garfunkel (bridge over troubled water album)
Beautiful name, google the urban dictionary meaning, it's beutiful

[HoratioNightboy]

Se-SEAL-ya

[Sophronia]

Seh-see-lee-a.

[TanginaBarrons]

Suh-see-lee-uh

[gillybeanz]

I know a couple OP they are both young teens and if you are worried about people pronouncing it wrongly, i never noticed these kids having any problems.
It's such a lovely name and I wish we had chosen it now.

[Herja]

Su-seal-yuh. Ish anyway, about as close as I can get.

[nemno]

Suh SILL ee uh.

[nemno]

Actually I'd ask the person herself as I am aware of the Simon and Garfunkel version too.

[Eilasor]

The little girl I babysat for in my youth was Cecilia pronounced ch-chee-lee-ahh. Italian dad if I remember correctly.

[Eilasor]

If I hadn't known her I would have pronounced it Seh-see-lee-ahh, though.

[RavenLG]

OH SEH-SEAL-YAAAA

I'm just singing the song now! Thanks OP!

[LionAllMessy]

Suh-see-lee-ah

[DramaAlpaca]

Like in the song. Which I will now have as an earworm for the rest of the day

[inkjoy]

Thanks all!!! Sorry for getting that bloody song stuck in your head

It really is a lovely name isn't it, I'm glad you all agree! DD and her DH are considering it but DD pronounces it with the see-lee-ah ending whilst her DH pronounces it with the seal-yuh ending. Of course it turned into a family debate so I took to Mumsnet!

[Ojoj1974]

Su- sea- lee- a
Gorgeous name

[SuperBeagle]

It's pronounced more like su-SEAR-lee-ah here in Australia, the same as the word 'sear'. Non-rhotic of course.

Amelia/Emilia is the same. We don't use the strong "ee" sound that should be used.

[Lozmatoz]

Have a listen to the madness song ‘Cecelia’

[Pemba]

SuperBeagle I think that's just accent though, not really a whole different pronunciation.

I would say 'Suh-SEE-lee-uh' or 'Suh-SEEL-yuh'

[Fauchelevent]

The seal-yuh and see-lee-uh endings sound the same in my accent

[Pemba]

Well the end is more like 'ee-yuh' like in a lot of names (Sophia, Lucia, for example). There is a 'y' sound in there. But when you say it quick it becomes SEEL-yuh, rather than SEEL-ee-uh, it doesn't make much difference. That's why it's interchangeable.

[SchadenfreudePersonified]

Sis-seel-ee-ya

Emphasis on second syllable

Pretty name

[MikeUniformMike]

ses-ceel-ya