Ciel for a girl- am I mad?

[Summerloving17]

I’ve got a long way to go but I like thinking of names!
This will be my rainbow baby after 3 years of ivf and two losses which made me think of “arc en ciel” (rainbow in french, ciel on its own is sky).
Do you think it’s a bit too out there? I thought it could be quite pretty, I imagine DH will hate it 😂

It reminds me of the toiletries brand Cien in Lidl.

I was going to say, isn’t it a brand of budget skincare?

Is it pronounced "seal?"

I think it looks pretty but reminds me of the lidl alternate names for products they sell.

How do you pronounce it?

You will get people not sure how to pronounce it.

Ah snap!

How do you pronounce it? Is it See-el? Possibly too much like seal if it is.

My first thought was Cien, too.

Skye is nicer.

It's alright if you pronounce it, "see-ell" but not if people pronounce it "Seal". Which they probably would.

Please don’t

Are you French or have French links?

Some people may not pronounce it correctly.

Is it S-ee-l or S-ee-il or something else?

It's not for me, personally, but I have seen and heard far worse.

There's an anime character called Ciel Phantomhive, he's a boy.

Skye much nicer- I think it's "Sea-elle" which could be seal-y. And it does make me think of budget skin care or cleaning. Sorry!

Your thought pattern is great.

But I don't think the name works, because it's too close a homophone to 'seal'

And because alone it means 'sky'

I've got the handwash. It's from. Lidl

Yeah, I don't think that works as a name - sorry. People who speak French will know how to pronounce it, but everyone else will say Keel? Seal?

Why don't you call her Skye? Much easier.

Thankyou all, it is pronounced sea - elle,

I had no idea of the skincare brand but that and the immediate reaction has put me off, back to the drawing board!!

I love the thinking behind it but the reality would be difficult due to people pronouncing and spelling it incorrectly. Congratulations on your rainbow baby

Many congratulations.
So sorry, I thought of Lidl too.

Rainbow in German is "Regenbogen" what about Regean/Reagen/Regen ?

I liked Ciel for DD2 but OH didn't. It's beautiful. 'Si-elle' is easy enough to pronounce.

How about Celeste?

I don't speak French, and read it as sounding like Kyle!

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Rainbow in German is "Regenbogen" what about Regean/Reagen/Regen ?

The Exorcist 😱

Skye is really pretty OP