Thoughts on the girls name Celie

[Potteryprincess30]

Thanks everyone, much appreciated as struggling with name choices

Sorry but how is it pronounced.

Is it pronounced like Sealy? I've never heard of it before and would assume it was short for Celia or Cecilia.

Looks unfinished

Reminds me of that character in Monsters Inc. Celia Welia Mike called her!!

Is it
see lee?
sell e?
or something else?
Please don't take that as a criticism. It's just that I haven't come across that name before so I don' know anything about it.

Or a unique spelling for Kellie?

It's half a name.

Seh-lee? See-lee?

Agree, it looks like Celia spelled wrongly.

I think it’s pretty. It reminds me of Amelie (which I prefer to Amelia). But agree not obvious how to pronounce it.

Makes me think of the oppressed and abused narrator of The Color Purple.

Cealiac?

Go with Cecelia - that’s a lovely name

Or Cecily

Is Celie actually a name? It sounds made up or half of a proper name!

Celia and Cecelia are much nicer.

It's pretty but I would go for Celia or Cecelia and call her Celie for short.

What every else has said & far too similar to "Silly" for me to burden a child with it.

My immediate thoughts when first reading that was that its pronounced ‘silly’

So it’s a no from me. Sorry

I like it as a short name for Cecelia or Celia (like the character Celie in the Color Purple?).

Reminds me of the seeley court in the realm of the fae lol not an association many would probably make. I like the look of the name but not the sound

Thanks for the feedback, really struggling with a name. It is pronounced see-ly, and the main character from the colour purple does have the same name, it is a french name also. I can see what people mean by 'unfinished' as I imagine a lot of people would assume it was short for Celia/Cecelia

I know it as Célie (French - sounds closer to “SEH-lee”) and like it, but it does feel quite sweet and nicknamey. I like that style actually, but I know lots of people on here prefer a longer “formal” name - perhaps Celine, Celina, Celia, Cecily, Cecilia....

Nothing wrong with it, but I would prefer Celia or Cecilia.

Celine is lovely !

I really like it x

Why not go with Celine or Cecilia with Celie as her nickname.

I like it.