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?

@SylvanianFrenemies

Would you consider Balonz as an alternative?

Not feminine enough, silly. The OP might consider Balonzetta, Balonzina, or Balonz-Mae, though?

I'm reminded of this Tim Vine joke:

A friend of mine was invited to a fancy dress party and told me he'd decided to go as a Mediterranean island. I said "Don't be Si-cily!"

Not feminine enough, silly. The OP might consider Balonzetta, Balonzina, or Balonz-Mae, though?

Wasn't Tina Turner's birth name Anna Mae Balonz?

Most people wouldn't immediately know it was a girl's name?

Are you alright?! 99.9% of people know it is a girl's name and you'd get judged to hell and back as parents.

Please don't give your son a girl's name.

the only Cecily I know is Cecily Strong from SNL, so most people wouldn't immediately know it was a girl name?

You might not know it, but everyone else knows that it's a girls name. And a very girly- girly name too. Don't do it.

Unless you want him to be mercilessly bullied go for a unisex name instead. Ashley, Jesse, Casey, Taylor, Alex, Robin, Charlie.

Shirley, Marion, Lindsey, Lesley (f) Leslie (m)

Children are not for experimenting on, or accessories to prove their parents are cool, or to further an agenda with. Children just want to fit in.

Names usually transition from girls to boys - if you want a couple of recent ones, try Shirley (Big Daddy, the wrestler) or Marion (John Wayne)

Fun fact. Shirley was a boys name until Charlotte Bronte wrote Shirley about a girl whose parents wanted a boy and so gave their daughter a boys name. Marion also was originally a boys name.

OP, there are lots of male names that people think of as feminine or are homophones of female names. Along with Shirley and Marion there's Lesley, Lindsay, Florence, Lyn, Hilary, Evelyn, Aubrey, Francis, Ashley, Robin, Caroll, Kelly, Lee, Stacey, Tracey, Jordan. Not to mention nn like Bobby, Chris, Sandy, Billy, Danny, Jackie, Joe, and Nicky.

How about a name similar in structure/sound that doesn't skew exclusively female in an English-language context?

For example:
Anthony
Avery
Barnaby
Cassidy
Emory
Geoffrey
Gregory
Hilary
Jeremy
Romilly
Timothy
Vassili
Wesley
Zachary

I genuinely hope this is some kind of joke? Are you bored on a Saturday night and had one pint too many? Or are you really serious? As others suggested why don’t you change your own name to Cecily? Or Rebecca? Or perhaps Lilly? All great names for a man don’t you think? 😂

Absolutely not!!

I wouldn’t use it for a boy.

What about:
Clement
Gideon
Nathaniel
Jonty
Lucas
Silas
Julian

Nope it is awful, I also don’t even like it for a girl.

Where is this place you live where boys are given girls names and can you give examples of boys you know?

Hillary is a unisex name also ending in a ‘y’

Assuming this is legit - and isn't meant to be 'satire' - it really does seem to be deliberately looking for a problem where there isn't one. There are tens of thousands of boys' names and tens of thousands of girls' names - why look for ways to make something simple complicated?

@Mybalconyiscracking

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

Lol, very well put! It amounts to child abuse and the baby is not even here!

Don't be ridiculous

There are unisex options although still awful.

Hilary
Vyvyan
Leslie
Evelyn
Robin
Josslin (Joss is quite nice)
Ashley
Francis
Could Lysander work?

FWIW 23 year of dd has lots of Celia/Cecily/Cicely/Cecilia in her age group.

Cecil's, Cyril (Cyril has a nice shabby chic time to it). A new Stanley/Reggie/Albert?

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

That's very hurtful - one of our dear (late) hamsters was called Custard and we always enthused over what a perfect, delightful name that would make for a baby - unisex too

May as well call him Janet.

Stop trying to prove how cool you are and start being a parent.

hmm... I think you'd get a lot of odd looks naming a boy Cecily...

Listen to “A Boy Named Sue” by Jonny cash

...the only Cecily I know is Cecily Strong from SNL, so most people wouldn't immediately know it was a girl name?

I disagree. Most people don't live in caves any more.

No

No. It's a girls name.