Cecily or Alice?

[JudithTaverner]

What do you think?

dd4 is 10 days old now and still nameless!

Cecily - Alice seems pretty widespread

Alice - timeless.

I like Cecily too but I always feel a bit lispy saying it.

Both are lovely so whichever you choose, I'm sure your daughter will love it.

Cecily

Oooh, both are nice but how about 'Cecily Alice'? I think that sounds lovely! Congrats, btw!

Cecily (Cecilia even nicer though)

They're both lovely. Cecily is more unusual though,so I'd probably go with that,but you can't go wrong either way.

Really like both names. Cecily is more unusual and bohemian but might date whereas Alice is a classic. It's a tough one, both are great names.

Cecily

Alice is too common place

congrats! much prefer cicely and cicely alice sounds lovely too

I prefer Alice, classic and timeless. Cecily is a bit tricky to say and seems quite trendy at the moment, may age.

I think Cecily is quite popular now and so might be 'of a time', whereas Alice is more timeless.

Prefer Alice by a whisker but both nice.

Cecily.

thanks all - you all seem fairly evenly split which doesn't help! I'm no closer either as I love both names, and can see that Alice is possibly a bit more classic and Cecily more trendy (although i think Cecily predates Alice by several centuries). I think that dh prefers Alice so we may go with that. or maybe not.

I think Cecily Alice is a lovely name combo too, but also think they are very similar sounding, so maybe Cecilia Alice is a better combination.

Cecilia Alice has the 'a' at end of cecilia leading into 'a' at beginning of alica which is not so flowing.

I think both are lovely - why not relax and see what you and DH feel when you see her. the sight of a baby usually has a knack of focusing the mind!

she's 12 days old now! I'm starting to feel the pressure from other people to name her.

oh goodness, sorry, hadn't noticed that she's already here. if it's any help, with one of my dd's I got into a name dilemma between 2 names that ran right up to the 6 weeks deadline! wouldn't recommend this actually but do know how difficult/distressing it is.

stick with Cecily.

good luck.

Alice definitely. Easier to say, and a bit "stronger". Cecily is a bit wispy I think. Celia or Cecilia are nicer maybe.

I prefer Cecily.

What about Cecile? I have a vair glam french friend called this and I think it's lovely

there is a Cecile I've met through work who is very annoying (and not french and chic).

I'm using both names interchangeably to see which one I prefer.

I don't know any Cecilys

I know hods of Alices

Cecily is beautiful

wish I'd thought of it. grrr

Thats funny, as my 11 month old daughtenr is called Alice Cicely Ella.

celia and alice the same name, scrabble-wise. celia not too far from cecily imo.