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?

There are some unisex names. Like Lesley/Leslie, or Alex, or Lindsey. But Cecily isn't one of them.

The question to ask is "do you want our son to have a happy and uncomplicated school life?" Because a male Cecily is highly unlikely to.

is this a joke ?
why do you want to give a boy a girl's name; not unisex, definite girl's.
and of course everyone has heard of cecily,
it's a well-known classy girl's name. cecily courtnadge comes to mind.
i've just looked it on google: every one a female.
give him a good strong name, like manchester.

Sue is much better.

How about the Spanish version of Cecil - Cecilio? You still get the Cecily sound with an o at the end to make it more masculine, and he could shorten it to Lio.

so most people wouldn't immediately know it was a girl name?

Of course people would know it’s a girls name. Quite frankly they will pity your child and think you are idiots.

FFS, everyone knows that Cecily is a girl’s name. Doesn’t matter how rare it is. Esmerelda is uncommon but we all know it’s a girl’s name. You’re naming a human being, not a pet. Most parents want to minimise the chances of their child being bullied. Why don’t you?

YY to ChardonnaysPetDragon, surely you're considering Sue?

If I came across a boy called Cecily I would think his parents were trying (very hard) to make some sort of point and didn't care about the consequences of that for their child.

It's bloody awful.
Sorry.

God no, no, no

It is a lovely name but very feminine, even as a girls name.

Robin, Lindsay, Valery, Leslie would all work.

Names like Valentine traditionally male but uncommon now.

God no!!!

Just no!

100% no

It would toughen him up I suppose. Because he’ll get the shit beaten out of him mercilessly for the entire time he’s at school.

Please don't.
It's absolutely not a boy's name.
It would really be very cruel.
He would be teased so much.

No no no a million times no. What on earth is your wife thinking? It’s awful.

Please don't do this to your little boy.

Let’s hope he doesn’t have a lisp

Absolutely not. Don’t do it.

on the slight chance this is not a wind-up,
might i suggest, cyril.
you get that same initial sound, and an L, and it's a little unusual, but more used now due to so many eastern european heritage people here, although they pronounce it with a hard k sound.

oh, and i've yet to hear of a girl called cyril.
but you never know.
by the way, were you hoping for a girl....

Marvellous choice, what could possibly go wrong?

@Palavah

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?

Well it is a point worth making. Cecily for a boy is no more ridiculous than James for a girl.

Please answer all of us wondering "Why?"

Nobody would do this to someone they love or even like a tiny bit