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Thoughts on the girls name Celie

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Potteryprincess30 · 09/12/2017 21:23

Thanks everyone, much appreciated as struggling with name choices

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Potteryprincess30 · 11/12/2017 16:04

Really nice some people can see the positives elements for a more unusual name Smile

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ObscuredbyFog · 10/12/2017 18:20

Would other kids be unkind and call her 'Silly' instead of Celie ?

Hippychickster · 10/12/2017 18:17

Sorry meant to say, I'd use it. I really like it.

Hippychickster · 10/12/2017 18:15

I just think of Whoopie Goldberg in The Colour Purple.

Tragic character but lovely name!

Zeelove · 10/12/2017 15:42

I always thought it was pretty in the colour purple. I like it

Pemba · 10/12/2017 15:39

So because a made-up character makes one remark to another made-up character saying she is ugly, that means that's all anyone can ever associate with the name Celie? That's logical.

Later on the two characters become lovers, so she must have changed her mind I suppose!

CauliflowerSqueeze · 10/12/2017 15:01

Shug says to Celie in The Color Purple:
You sho is ugly Miss Celie

That’s all I would think of: ugliness.
Sorry

FartnissEverbeans · 10/12/2017 14:53

I like it a lot. I think it's much prettier and more interesting than Celia, Celine or Cecelia, all of which I find a bit frumpy. It's much lighter and more chic than any of them.

We had a Celie at the school where I used to teach and it worked well.

I'd use it OP.

SweetheartTreacleTart · 10/12/2017 13:26

I like it.

NinonDeLenclos · 10/12/2017 13:17

Why not go with Celine or Cecilia with Celie as her nickname.

Doubletrouble42 · 10/12/2017 11:23

I really like it x

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 10/12/2017 11:19

Celine is lovely !

Pemba · 10/12/2017 11:08

Nothing wrong with it, but I would prefer Celia or Cecilia.

MegAndSprog · 10/12/2017 10:20

I know it as Célie (French - sounds closer to “SEH-lee”) and like it, but it does feel quite sweet and nicknamey. I like that style actually, but I know lots of people on here prefer a longer “formal” name - perhaps Celine, Celina, Celia, Cecily, Cecilia....

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Potteryprincess30 · 10/12/2017 08:57

Thanks for the feedback, really struggling with a name. It is pronounced see-ly, and the main character from the colour purple does have the same name, it is a french name also. I can see what people mean by 'unfinished' as I imagine a lot of people would assume it was short for Celia/Cecelia

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17caterpillars1mouse · 10/12/2017 08:01

Reminds me of the seeley court in the realm of the fae lol not an association many would probably make. I like the look of the name but not the sound

Mclaren37 · 10/12/2017 03:20

I like it as a short name for Cecelia or Celia (like the character Celie in the Color Purple?).

MrsPringles · 09/12/2017 22:15

My immediate thoughts when first reading that was that its pronounced ‘silly’

So it’s a no from me. Sorry

slimyslitheryslug · 09/12/2017 22:11

What every else has said & far too similar to "Silly" for me to burden a child with it.

NannyR · 09/12/2017 22:08

It's pretty but I would go for Celia or Cecelia and call her Celie for short.

PeasAndHarmony · 09/12/2017 22:06

Is Celie actually a name? It sounds made up or half of a proper name!

Celia and Cecelia are much nicer.

Rainbowandraindrops67 · 09/12/2017 21:52

Or Cecily

Rainbowandraindrops67 · 09/12/2017 21:52

Cealiac?

Go with Cecelia - that’s a lovely name

Farontothemaddingcrowd · 09/12/2017 21:40

Makes me think of the oppressed and abused narrator of The Color Purple.

Codlet · 09/12/2017 21:38

I think it’s pretty. It reminds me of Amelie (which I prefer to Amelia). But agree not obvious how to pronounce it.