Cosima or...

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Thoughts please on Cosima for a girl?

Also... wait for it... Merrily? (My guilty pleasure name )

I like Cosima. Not so keen on Merrily, but no harm in it as nickname for Merryn, Meredith etc.

Merrily is better.
Cosima isn’t very nice imo. Would be nicknamed Cossie as well like swimming cossie.
But essentially you should name your baby whatever you like! MN is notoriously harsh with baby names

I think Cosima is elegant and sophisticated. Mimi is sometimes used as the diminutive of it, which is very sweet.

I don't like Merrily I'm afraid and I now have Row, Row, Row Your Boat as an earworm

Cosima is lovely, but you might get pronunciation issues with it. I rather like Merrily- maybe a middle name?

COSIMAAAA YOUR LAYDAYYY AND YOU ARE MY MANNNN

My Grandmother was called Merry. I love Merrily. I also love Cosima.

Cosima is gorgeous.

Merrily is.. odd.

I prefer Meriel or Meredith tbh.

Both are odd

I pronounce Cosima “COSS (rhymes with boss) im ah” — how would you pronounce it?

I don’t think I’d dare to use Merrily but it’s just so happy and lively sounding. I do also love Merryn or Merida.

Orphan black has a character with this name. I did really like it. Unsure of that spelling tho. Not sure why but it looks odd to me.

Both are awful imo. Sorry!

Cosima reminds me of the smug married husband on Bridget Jones who was called a Cosmo, except worse.

Cosima is pronounced co-SEE-ma
Like the orphan black character. Very cool name

It would be more like to be shortened to Sima as that’s where the emphasis is. Certainly not cossi the emphasis is not on the first syllable

It’s not Co SEE ma. It’s COSz ima - it’s Italian. Not exactly like the ss in boss - it’s a little bit more zeddy.

Cosima is often pronounced with the emphasis on the first syllable, at least in Italy and Germany! It makes me think of Cosima Wagner, and also Nigella Lawson's daughter, who I think is nicknamed Mimi.

I like Merrily, too - are you a fan of Phil Rickman, OP?

It’s actually Greek
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosima

Cosima is lovely

The origin is Greek - Cosmos, but the names Cosima and Cosimo are Italian. (It’s says that in the link if you read it).

The point is that pronunciation varies according to location - as you would expect for a name that has classical roots - like Aleksander, Sofia etc.

The origin is pretty irrelevant to the op’s Query unless you’re determined to derail. There’s more than one pronunciation and unless the OP states her preference it’s tricky to comment accurately

I think most people would pronounce it COSS i muh. I've met a couple over the years and that's certainly how they did.
I prefer Merrily but I'm not too keen on that either if I'm honest.
I adore Meredith and Merryn though.

Personally I do not like either.
Cosima and it's pronunciation will cause issues for the child and Merrily is not a name but an adverb.

Sorry.

Pronunciation varies according to location and language, nothing to do with classical origin, which I agree is irrelevant - but I’m not the one who brought it up.

The name is Italian, that it’s pronounced incorrectly on a transatlantic show isn’t surprising given American language mangling of European names - like Exayvier for Xavier.

Don't like either.

Oh I love Cosima!! I love Merrily too, or Merryn, or Meredith nn Merry?

Merrily is daft. Cosima is lovely.