Cecilia, Cecily, Celia.

[SophyStantonLacy]

What do you reckon?

I think I like Celia the most.

Although it's not on your list, I also like Cicely.

However having read what you said about your name sounding a bit like 'Tarmac' I think Celia and Cecelia would not work. The IA ending would sound like 'your'.

My dd (13) is Celia. We have a 2 syllable surname ending in an ee sound. It is a lovely name, we think. She is the only one in her school apart from a teacher!

I think they're all lovely but my favourite is Cecily.

Cecilia makes me think of the Simon & Garfunkel song (which came out long before I was born!) and Celia of the Jonathan Swift poem.

Celia sounds like someone slightly older to me - not sure of the data but I know more Celias in their thirties and up, while the Cecilies and Cecilias I know tend to be younger.

I know a Cecily, she gets CeCe.

My favourite is Cecily, it's pretty yet strong.

I like Cecilia too, though not quite as much, and Celia is my least favourite, as it doesn't seem to have much flow or grace to the sound.

The Jonathon Swift Celia poem is awful but the Ben Jonson one is fab. Apart from the Shakespearean connection we also thought about the actor Celia Jonson in 'Brief Encounter.' I remember saying to my mother in the post birth haze- 'you know the movie- they were on a train. They were sad.'

I love Cecilia.

Recently my dad discovered he'd been pronouncing his friend Cecilia's name wrongly as he was using Ce-see-lia (like the song) and she really is Ce-si-lia. I think the latter is the traditional UK one. Which are you thinking?

Love all three. Cecily probably loveliest.

I have a Cecile--I love it and it is unusual without being too weird.

The meaning "blind" is a bit oddbut I like to think of it as blind in the sense of impartial/unprejudicedlike the blindfolded figure representing justice.

Cecily is nice too. I find Cecilia a bit frilly.

Love Celia, but the others always sound very fussy to me.

I vote for Cecily/Cicely. Love it.

Celia is the nicest. Elegant, classy, timeless.

I love Cecily

Celia is my favourite, definitely!

cecilia is the patron saint of music, so she would have to be musical.
A beautiful name but dds friend hates people singing the song "cecilia, you're breaking my heart" because everyone she meets sings it

I really like all three.

Cecilia would make me think of the song though.

I think if I had to pick a favourite it would be Cecily.

I like Cecilia. It became one of my favourite names after reading Atonement by Ian McEwan!