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Do you like our baby names?

117 replies

HallieHufflepuff · 12/01/2023 00:12

Hello,
Currently pregnant with my first child and wondering how people will react to the name we have chosen for our child.
Don't want to tell anyone in real life in case they hate it.

So we have: Cecilia (Cece) for a girl and Nathaniel (Nate) for a boy.

Please tell me your honest thoughts on our names ❤

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garlictwist · 17/01/2023 04:26

Cecelia makes me think of that song "making love in the afternoon with Cecelia".

Nathanial is nice.

Ihavehadenoughalready · 17/01/2023 03:09

✅

ouch321 · 17/01/2023 01:18

I think Cecilia is a bit of a mouthful.
Nathaniel is ok I guess.

To sum up: meh

comfyshoes2022 · 17/01/2023 01:07

Like Cecilia and Nathaniel. Not a fan of cece but I like Nate.

Whitwhit · 17/01/2023 00:55

Really like both names op. 👍🏻

Daisybuttercup12345 · 17/01/2023 00:43

I think Celia is nicer.
Nathaniel is good, don't like Nate though.

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HallieHufflepuff · 16/01/2023 22:56

@Butwhytho 😅 I was! But I didn't really like Nate as a character funnily enough.

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Paddingtonsmarmlade · 14/01/2023 22:41

Two lovely names, cecilia is a name I could see myself using, Nathaniel less so but good solid name and I like your shortenings.

Hobbesmanc · 14/01/2023 22:25

Instead of Nathaniel. What about Jonathan?

Why do people do this on these threads lmao, OP says names and posters suggest completely different ones. Batshit.

Lol. Only because they have the same meaning and are connected.

Aria999 · 14/01/2023 22:13

@mathanxiety yes, I remember a thread insisting it was cultural appropriation to use the name Maria. Ffs.

mathanxiety · 13/01/2023 22:19

YYY, @midsomermurderess

And there's a surprising ignorance of names that are firmly embedded in the Judeo-Christian tradition of Britain.

atteatimeeverybodyagrees · 13/01/2023 22:10

Nathaniel is nice but don't get too settled on the shorterning. I hate cece. Can't stand it, truly awful.

Firebird83 · 13/01/2023 22:08

Lovely names

evemillbank · 13/01/2023 21:44

I'm not a fan of either but you really should just go for the names YOU like the most. Everyone is different. Thank god.

YourWinter · 13/01/2023 21:37

Both nice names!

resm · 13/01/2023 21:36

I love both names, especially Cecilia as my best friend comes from a musical family and they all took this name for confirmation as St Cecilia is the patron saint of music and musicians.

HoppingAndHoping · 13/01/2023 19:45

Congratulations!

I really like Cecilia (Cece) and Nathaniel (Nate). They are both lovely!

Merple · 13/01/2023 19:25

I like them. Refreshingly different.

midsomermurderess · 13/01/2023 19:23

God almighty, this site and it’s weird anti-Americanism. They are both perfectly nice names/nicknames.

Twizbe · 13/01/2023 11:29

I pronounce it Si-Si so nothing like the actual pronunciation of her full name Cerys lol.

17caterpillars1mouse · 13/01/2023 11:02

I really love Nathaniel - less keen on Nate but I understand Nathaniel is a bit of a mouthful so people will want to shorten.

Not a fan of Cecilia as much but that's more down to the ones I've met not being great (only two but it still affects how you view a name). It has a pretty sound, I always think CeCe sounds like she would be very entitled and spoilt though, not sure why

Nap1983 · 13/01/2023 10:58

I really like Cecilia.. Cece just reminds me of the girl from beaches! 😂
Nathaniel and Nate I really dislike, sorry. But like Nathan or Daniel (prefer Daniel)

DuchessOfSausage · 13/01/2023 10:51

I’m one of the people who wrote Cecelia. I didn’t ‘ignore’ the OP’s spelling (not consciously anyway)- I assume I was thrown by the spelling of Cece.

Me too. I looked for the spelling online and the first result was a Ms Ahern, novelist.
Not RTFT but is Cece Sessy or Si-Si?

dampthursday · 13/01/2023 10:33

ChildrenOfTheQuorn · 12/01/2023 19:32

How many people have ignored the OP's spelling? It's Cecilia, not Cecelia. Not that difficult.

I’m one of the people who wrote Cecelia. I didn’t ‘ignore’ the OP’s spelling (not consciously anyway)- I assume I was thrown by the spelling of Cece.

Twoshoesnewshoes · 13/01/2023 09:04

Both lovely
I had a French great aunt named Cecilia.
v elegant and timeless imo
we called her aunt cecilia
no abbreviation allowed 😂