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your votes decide our little girls name

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goingitalone · 11/04/2010 14:00

have narrowed the field after previous post to
cecily or arabella
surname westward
your vote decides our wee ones name as one of us prefers arabella and one of us prefers cecily

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TheNextMrsDepp · 18/04/2010 00:31

Personally I can't bear names that can be shortened, so go with Cecily. My friend has a Cecily, it really suits her, so cute.

muminthemiddle · 18/04/2010 00:22

Arabella-goes better with your surname too.

Magaly · 17/04/2010 23:35

hmmm, I prefer Cecily but Cecily Westward doesn't sound greaaaaat. But, I still prefer it to Arabella which is always going to be Arabella Buckley from The naughtiest Girl in the school..

motherlovebone · 17/04/2010 23:31

Arabella!

SparkyMalarky · 17/04/2010 23:18

Cecily - very beautiful!

seashore · 17/04/2010 23:14

Sorry for saying this but I think Arabella sounds like a magazine name, or a clothing brand. Sorry, sorry.

Cecily is a lovely name.

madamefreckle · 17/04/2010 23:04

I would go Cecily (lovely name) - then work hard on elocution to avoid the potential lisp problem!

lowrib · 15/04/2010 00:41

Sid's pretty cool though!

arsesandoldlace · 14/04/2010 16:00

Arabella Westward sounds lovely and well balanced.

differentID · 14/04/2010 15:49

oops.

didn't read whole thread

In which case, go for the name which has the diminutives you prefer as another poster has said.

seeker · 14/04/2010 15:48

Cecily.

Vulture · 14/04/2010 15:46

Arabella - then you can have Bella, Bel, Ella as her friends will all shorten it as she goes to school. With Cecily she might end up with Sid. I like Cecilia though.

differentID · 14/04/2010 15:46

How about a compromise with Cecily Arabella? Then wait till she's born and decide which you want to use.

whippybamboo · 14/04/2010 15:44

Arabella

Evenstar · 13/04/2010 14:22

Arabella, I would have had this or Annabel for my DD but not possible with our surname, it goes beautifully with yours.

MrsJohnDeere · 13/04/2010 14:15

Cecily

lovechoc · 13/04/2010 14:08

Arabella definately

5DollarShake · 13/04/2010 14:03

Arabella.

lowrib · 13/04/2010 12:41

Oh! Sorry

I like both of them (sorry).

Do you have any preference as far as NNs go?

Possibly ...

Ara
Bella
Belle
Bea
Ella
Elle
Ra

or

Ci-ci
Cece
Celia
Cecile
Sissy
Lily

Original poster
goingitalone · 13/04/2010 12:26

lowrib shes born shes now more than2 weeks old and we still cant decide

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shockers · 12/04/2010 23:13

Cecily... it's lovely

Arabella does go well with your surname but it makes me think 'precocious'.

lowrib · 12/04/2010 23:06

Another vote to wait until she's born and see which one suits best.

kalo12 · 12/04/2010 22:53

arabella

MoChan · 12/04/2010 22:50

Arabella goes better with your surname. Plus, Cecily is MY daughter's name.

LouMacca · 12/04/2010 22:44

Arabella. Please not Cecily.