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 😂

How about Cecilia which is a known name and contains the letters of ciel?

I'm not such a fan of Ciel as a first name but I think it could work in the middle. I like the way you are thinking though, and lots of other good ideas on the thread. I know of 2 little girls called Rainbow, and I think it's lovely. I also love Indigo and Celeste.

I used to live next to an older woman called Enfys. She was so, so lovely.

My first thoughts were that it would pronounced like Keel and it's Lidls own brand toilet cleaner. Sorry. I'd go with Iris if you wanted to keep the rainbow connection.

Similarly to a pp suggesting Cecilia, how about Cecily? It's got the letters from Ciel in it but it's not obviously to do with rainbows. Or what about something that signifies a new beginning or dawn, like Alba or Aurora (or Dawn, I suppose!) ?

Or Hope?

Another vote for Iris.

Ciel is masculine in French. She will be called "Seal" at school.