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Middle name for Cecily

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loobylu3 · 28/11/2008 18:55

Hi everyone,

Only 12 wks to go until DC3 is due and, although we haven't agreed on a name yet, Cecily is my current favourite.

Am thinking about middle names. Could I have some opinions on the following and any other suggestions too? Baby's surname begins with B and is 3 syllables.

Cecily Beatrix
Cecily Flora
Cecily Alice (Alice is my sister's name)
Cecily Iris
Cecily Kate
Cecily Eve

Thanks a lot!

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loobylu3 · 18/12/2008 14:05

Thanks LuciaRose. I like Cecily Flora but nobody else seemed to! I've just seen your thread so I cansee that you like this kind of slightly old fashioned, elegant name!

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LuciaRose · 17/12/2008 13:44

I think Cecily Flora sounds the best. Alice is lovely, but too similar - too many -s- sounds. Alice Flora would be lovely, though.

If you're a Beatrix Potter fan, what about Cecily Jemima? I am considering Jemima Cecily for a potential daughter.

Anna8888 · 03/12/2008 20:12

Ooh yes, I much prefer Livia to Cecily. I just love the unusual-but-easy-and-feminine ring to Livia .

janeite · 03/12/2008 16:29

Livia is lovely too.

clubfoot · 03/12/2008 12:18

Am v jealous as Cecily is my fav girls name but DH says absolutely not.

For me it would have been Cecily Anne as I also have a 3 syllable surname.

dizzydixies · 03/12/2008 11:12

we liked Cecily but ended up going with cecelia as I liked option of Cece as a nn

what about
Cecily Bay or Cecily Ray/Rae?

our DD2 mns are Rae Cecelia

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loobylu3 · 03/12/2008 11:05

That's really funny Anna because I think it's really feminine and pretty too! Cecily makes me think of Cecily Cardew in The Importance of Being Ernest- so a bit of a romantic image I'm afraid! It just shows how subjective this naming thing is.
Anyway, DH hasn't actually agreed to Cecily (or anything else) yet! Livia is still a possibility and I remember that you liked this when I posted before!

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Anna8888 · 03/12/2008 07:55

I just hear Cecil - y

janeite · 02/12/2008 20:16

I think Cecily is a beautifully feminine sounding name, Anna!

Anna8888 · 02/12/2008 20:04

I think you need a second name that starts with a consonant, since Cecily ends with a vowel sound - you don't want two vowels next to one another.

I also think you need a short name, probably one syllable, to balance the three short syllables in Cecily.

And you want a name with no s-sounds and no l-sounds.

Cecily isn't a particularly feminine name either, so you might want a name that is quite girly.

Lotster · 02/12/2008 19:55

My friend's little girl is called Cecily Violet

moopymoo · 02/12/2008 19:47

Cecily Parsley (lived in a pen and brewed good ale for gentlemen gentlemen came everyday till cecily parsley ran away!) ds2 loves this rhyme

sleepyhead3 · 02/12/2008 19:44

I like Cecily Alice best and how nice to name her after your sister!

Spidermama · 01/12/2008 17:03

Middle names are great that way though. They hardly ever come into play unless you want them too so I think you can afford to be a bit creative about them as they're so safely tucked away on the birth certificate.

How many of your friend's middle names do you know?

My friend's dd gets called 'Moon' as a family nickname which is lovely.

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loobylu3 · 01/12/2008 12:23

Thanks Spidermama. Cecily Moon is a really pretty combination actually. It's growing on me! It's the kind of middle name the child will either really love or really hate when they are older!!

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Spidermama · 30/11/2008 22:01

I don't know any Cecily Moons. I know a girl who has Moon for a middle name and a fairly ordinary, pretty first name and I've always loved it.

I just think the two sound really lovely together. Musical.

MoChan · 30/11/2008 17:12

I agree with pp, Cecily Frances is absolutely lovely. Of course, that's what my daughter is called, so I would like it. So, actually, don't use that, it's mine....

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loobylu3 · 30/11/2008 16:53

I didn't know either but just googled it. The only think that comes up is an American or Canadian artist called Cecily Moon. It is a beautiful name and great for an artist but I think Moon is her surname.
If spidermama knows of any other Cecily Moons perhaps she can let us know!!

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janeite · 30/11/2008 16:45

Where does Cecily Moon come from? It is really growing on me?!

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loobylu3 · 30/11/2008 16:42

I like Hope actually!

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BoccaDellaVerita · 29/11/2008 21:54

I agree you need a one syllable name - Hope?

ButterflyBessie · 29/11/2008 20:04

Arrghh don't have Anne/Ann, she will then become a CAB, I really like Cecily Kate, Jane, Grace and amazingly I like Moon

SantaGotStuckUpTheGreensleeve · 29/11/2008 20:00

Cecily Moon is lovely. Or Cecily Rowan

mabanana · 29/11/2008 19:55

Definitely Alice, simply because it is your sister's name, and that is a lovely family connection and will make your sister so happy. It will also be something you can tell her when she is older, that she has her aunt's name as her middle name.
People just never use all three names together in real life, so I think balancing syllables etc is a bit irrelevant.

Spidermama · 29/11/2008 19:52

Moon is still the best by absolutely miles.