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Cece or CeCe

59 replies

Blissiee · 28/03/2021 17:15

Should you have a capital in the middle? 🤔

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SardineJam · 28/03/2021 17:16

No

jellybellybanana · 28/03/2021 17:17

No. Give the child a proper name anyway.

Blissiee · 28/03/2021 17:21

That wasn't the question

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bamboozer · 28/03/2021 17:21

Its a bit of a silly name in my opinion. But if you like it i think the capital C's make the name look better on paper

FlatEarthling · 28/03/2021 17:22

Neither. It's a nickname.

CatCup · 28/03/2021 17:23

Sounds like a nickname for something like Celia?

Enidblyton1 · 28/03/2021 17:24

Neither of them are actually names. So absolutely up to you if you have a capital letter in the middle - there is no right or wrong answer here.

jellybellybanana · 28/03/2021 17:24

That wasn't the question

And yet it's still the correct answer.

tsmainsqueeze · 28/03/2021 17:25

Cece for me, i love it .

PandaFluff · 28/03/2021 17:27

I'd go for Cece. I don't know any other names where you'd stick a capital in the middle. Maybe there are some though?

PandaFluff · 28/03/2021 17:28

@Enidblyton1

Neither of them are actually names. So absolutely up to you if you have a capital letter in the middle - there is no right or wrong answer here.
I googled it and aparantly it is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "blind one". No idea if that's true though.
SeanChailleach · 28/03/2021 17:29

It's ever such a pretty name either way.
Are you actually putting it on a birth certificate? It's normally short for something and people will lengthen it to random names you never intended and don't necessarily like.

Easterbunnygettingready · 28/03/2021 17:29

I know of a Cecilia who goes by Cece... Why would you have a capital letter mid name?

Abraxan · 28/03/2021 17:31

Definitely no capital.
People will forget to add the capital letter. If this is likely to annoy you later on, don't do it.

justwaydamin · 28/03/2021 17:31

No

Amdone123 · 28/03/2021 17:33

Celeste nn Cece, is lovely.
No capital letter.

BeesAnkles · 28/03/2021 17:34

I seem to be in the minority but I'd go for CeCe. "Cece" might be pronounced like the word "cease".
Also, see CeeLo Green.

PandaFluff · 28/03/2021 17:34

Also it will be hard when filling in forms by hand to make sure the second C looks capitally enough.

Ikeameatballs · 28/03/2021 17:35

No capital.

I like it but as a nn for Cecelia or Celeste or Cecily.

Enidblyton1 · 28/03/2021 17:37

Oops you’re right @PandaFluff
It does appear to be a name in its own right. I’ve only ever heard of it as a nickname for Cecilia, Cecily, Celeste etc.

SummaLuvin · 28/03/2021 17:40

makes me think of this Pomeranian www.instagram.com/cece.pomeranian/?hl=en

RockyTigerScarf · 28/03/2021 17:42

I think it's a lovely name, I'd go for Cece without the capital

Ijustlikedthename · 28/03/2021 18:02

A lovely name. I like both but looking at the thread title Cece does look like it flows across the page better

Tambourina · 28/03/2021 18:20

No capital half way through.
Lovely if it's a diminutive of Cecelia.
Less lovely if that's the actual name.

florascotia2 · 28/03/2021 18:52

It's not a name in it's own right, whatever some babynames websites may say. They mostly talk rubbish.

Caecilius is a very, very old Roman family name that originally meant 'blind'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caecilia_gens But that origin hand no literal meaning for later Roman generations - just as today, people surnamed 'Smith' do not actually hammer iron or shoe horses.

Cecilia is a very nice name directly derived from the Roman name. It's been used since Roman times. St Cecilia is the patron saint of music.

For hundreds of years, in England, its diminuitive has been 'Sissy' or 'Cissy'. Cece is a modern version of that abbreviation. It sounds very much the same.

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