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Help me decide between two names please!

69 replies

21redroses · 06/01/2024 18:53

Hi everyone, I am expecting a baby girl and have narrowed my name list down to 2 names which I love equally! Please help me decide!

Winslow nn Winnie
Cecelia nn Cece

At this point I’m wishing it was twins just so I can use both! How do I decide?!

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Onelife2024 · 06/01/2024 19:14

I like Cecelia but prefer Celia

Winnie is a nice nn but not keen on Winslow, I prefer Winona

Smartiepants79 · 06/01/2024 19:11

Winnie, good. Winslow???? Awful, it’s not a name I’d give to anyone not even a pet.
Cecelia is nice. Prefer Cecily myself.

Workawayxx · 06/01/2024 19:10

Cecelia is lovely although I prefer the Cecilia spelling. Not sure about Winslow, I prefer Winifred or Wilhelmina with Winnie as shortened version.

AdaColeman · 06/01/2024 19:10

Cecelia, a beautiful name!

Winslow is too Terence Rattigan for my taste.

NachosAndCheese · 06/01/2024 19:09

Cecelia. Because no girl wants to be called Winslow.

RosaSkyes · 06/01/2024 19:06

I actually like both but definitely Cecelia of the two

WhereCanWeBe · 06/01/2024 19:06

Cecelia! Not keen on Winslow, sorry.

TheYearOfSmallThings · 06/01/2024 19:04

Cecelia

Because...wtf? Winslow?!

GenXisthebest · 06/01/2024 19:03

Cecelia - love it (although I would spell it Cecilia).

Divebar2021 · 06/01/2024 19:02

Cecelia all day long

DrLucyVanPelt · 06/01/2024 19:01

Definitely Cecelia

Username123343 · 06/01/2024 19:01

Winnie is gorgeous 😍

Falkenburg · 06/01/2024 19:01

Winslow is in Buckinghamshire and also one in Arizona. As a boys name is passable. As a girls name it's ruddy awful.

Cecelia is a pretty name.

toastofthetown · 06/01/2024 19:00

Cecelia. It feels more classic to Winslow to me. Winnie would be cute as a diminutive for Winter (though MN generally don't like Winter).

mathanxiety · 06/01/2024 19:00

Winslow is too close to Onslow from Keeping Up Appearances, imo.

Winnie is lovely, though, as PP suggests, as a nickname for Winifred or the rather lovely Winona.

I like Cecelia a lot, and Cece is very sweet.

MSWood1 · 06/01/2024 18:58

Cecelia

ThunderSnacks · 06/01/2024 18:56

I love Winnie but as a nn for Winona or Winifred. Winslowe makes me think of a suburban commuter town.

Cecelia is also nice!

tortiecat · 06/01/2024 18:56

Cecelia.

I've never heard of Winslow?!

PivotPivotmakingmargaritas · 06/01/2024 18:56

Cecelia is beautiful

to me Winslow is a male name I’ve never heard it as a female then shortened to Winnie …. Off I go to google