Cecily on a boy?

[AnneBoleyn6]

So my wife really likes Cecily for a boy (usually pronounced Sess-ill-lee, but comes out more like Sess-lee when talking fast).

I love the name Cecily, but I don't know about it for a boy. We both don't really like Cecil. We do like traditionally girl names on boys, though.

I just am not completely sold. What do you think? Can you help me love it?

Your poor son would be relentlessly bullied for having a girls name. Please rethink.

This is not a good idea.

Are you getting confused? Cecil is the boy’s version, Cecily the girl’s. I’ve never come across a male Cecily.

It's not even a really nice name on a girl 🤷🏻‍♀️

No

That’s a very feminine name for a boy, OP. I’m not adverse to more neutral girls names on a boy but I think you’d be setting him up for a lot of teasing.

I went to school with a Cecily and she got called Sissy a lot

We do like traditionally girl names on boys, though.

Like what?

It is 100% a girl's name. Please don't do this..

Absolutely not! I’ve never heard of a boy with a similar name. I work in KS2 as a TA. Bullying is awful.

I assume you’re turning the tables on the “I want to call my daughter John/Nigel/Hugo” brigade.

Gawd, this is why I wouldn’t trust some people to name a hamster, never mind a child!

Don't be daft.

@OhWhatsTheDifference

It's not even a really nice name on a girl 🤷🏻‍♀️

Oh yes it is!

It's a massive no for a boy, though.

If you want a girl's name which is also a boy's name, you'd need to have something like Leslie, Robin, Charlie or some such. Or even a daft non-name like River or Star. Do not under any circumstances lumber a boy with a name which is very, very obviously a girl's name.

I don't usually doubt the veracity of an OP.

As you don't like it, just say so.

It's really very normal to have to abandon names you like because your partner doesn't. Stop trying to love it. Keep up the search fir a name you both really like.

What other names do you like?

I think it would be very unkind to give your son a girls name, my question would be why? There are more gender neutral names around now which are fine but Cecily is definitely not one of them.

Why????

@MyOtherProfile

I don't usually doubt the veracity of an OP.

You like traditionally girls names on boys? Why? That makes it sound like it isn’t even about the name specifically, it’s about you making a point by choosing a ‘girls’ name.

If you love the name Cecily, change your name to Cecily. Let your little boy have a boys name.

It would be an awful thing to do to your child. Why on earth would you.

That would be cruel. It's dreadful.

@Ticklyrain Yeah, I know it's really feminine. She said it's fairly uncommon, at least where we live, which I'd say is true, the only Cecily I know is Cecily Strong from SNL, so most people wouldn't immediately know it was a girl name? The area we live there are a lottt of people with names usually associated with the opposite gender.
I'll mention the Sissy thing to her tho. Maybe that'll get her to think of others.

Sorry it’s a definite NO from me.

Is this a joke or are you trying to prove a point about the one-sidedness of using girl's names for boys but not vice versa?

Are you mad?