hattie or cecily? what do you prefer?

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i can't decide! thanks! ps "hattie" as proper name and not harriet

I have a Harriet so I'm a bit biased :) But if it's a choice between Hattie which is too nicknamey for me, or Cecily, then I'd go for Cecily.

I like Hattie and would assume it was a nickname for Harriet (you'd be telling people "no, it's not short for Harriet quite a lot!)

Cecily is a bit prim and lispy for me, although I do like Cecilia.

Cant say Hattie grows on me but Harriet, Cecilia and Celia are lovely as are the 3 children i know named as them.

I don't like Cecily.

Hattie is nice, but I'd have it as a nn for Harriet or something else if you don't like Harriet.

I have a Hattie (as a nn for Harriet) so am also biased, but agree with Gwendoline that if the choice is just Hattie rather than as a nn, then I would also go with Cecily, which is such a pretty name!

Hattie - as a little Hat? Hmm... not sure.

Cecily is lovely, elegant and a proper name imo.

I have a Hattie Hope.Hattie on birth certificate.Strangely,Cecily was on our list for DC3.She was a girl,but we went with Felicity.She calls herself CeCe.[She is 2!]

I like Hattie, not sure about Harriet though, as I always think of harridan for some reason.
Do you like Henrietta?

If you go for Hattie, you'd better hope she never has a weight problem...I'm not being nasty, but I think you have to think of all the possible rhyming words with names too....Name her Harriet, you can shorten it to Hattie if you like, and as she grows up she can make a choice for herself....Not keen on Cecily, but Celia and Cecilia are lovely

Of the 2 I prefer Cecily.

I really don't like Hattie - agree it sounds like a little hat and it does indeed rhyme with Fattie.... Harriett is ok but I find it very harsh und unfeminine, sorry.

I like Cecily or Cecilia very much - these names also work in other languages, whereas Hattie sounds very silly in German or French imo.

They are both wonderful names! But a little biased because we have a Hettie. So nearly went for Hattie but as shesparkles points out, it rhymes very easily and we were worried it would make her an easy playground target for nasty naming games!!

I prefer Harriet or Henrietta nn Hattie to Cecily but I would have to go for Cecily over Hattie as BC names.

I don't get the obsession with rhyming. If you knocked out every name that rhymed with something you'd have nothing left.

I think of the possible rhyming thing because it's something the less pleasant children in a school playground will pick up on , that's all

Agree Gwen - we'd all have to call our kids Orange to avoid a rhyme!

I love Cecily. It was top of my list if we had a girl. DP can't stand it though so not sure if it's a 'marmite name'

They are both really lovely, but I think Cecily is slightly prettier.

I really like both- sorry, that's not much help!

Probably prefer Cecily.

Prefer Cecily though love Hattie but prefer as part of Harriet imho

Hattie/Harriet is so pretentious.

Cecily - obviously!

I adore Hattie as a nickname for Harriet. I wouldn't use Hattie as a given name though.

Cecily is nice as well. I prefer Cecelia, but Cecily is also very nice.