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Cecilia V Cecily

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LizzyMargaret · 29/11/2019 15:35

Curious to see which people would choose Cecilia Violet or Cecily Violet? With an older sister called Aurora.

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ilovetofu · 29/11/2019 16:57

Cecelia definitely

MissHenty · 29/11/2019 16:56

Aurora I love too! What a beautiful name

MissHenty · 29/11/2019 16:55

Sorry I really don’t like both names. Too harsh an S sound to them and they just sound like “silly” to me. When you say “Cecelia’S trousers” for example there’s even more of a harsh S to the name so I can’t get on board with it. It has a hiss sound like a snake

Also whenever I hear the name Cecelia I think of the Suggs song “making love in the afternoon with Cecelia up in my bedroom.... ceceeeelia” 😬

Love violet though

lemonsquash4 · 29/11/2019 16:42

I've got a Cecily. Beautiful name.

MikeUniformMike · 29/11/2019 16:42

Go for Cecelia. The trouble for me is that I just think Cess pit.
I like Celia and Cissy.

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LizzyMargaret · 29/11/2019 16:39

@MerryGrinch Violet is on our list but it’s an honour name so we’re leaning towards using it as a middle name.

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MerryGrinch · 29/11/2019 16:34

Can't you choose Violet - it's much nicer.

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LizzyMargaret · 29/11/2019 16:30

Not a huge fan of Cicely but thank you.

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bridgetreilly · 29/11/2019 16:28

Cecily. But I agree with pp that Cicely is even nicer.

MikeUniformMike · 29/11/2019 16:17

I don't like Cecily because I much prefer Cicely. I prefer Celia to Cecelia, and i don't like Cess.

Of the two, Cecelia by a long shot, but I prefer Cicely.