Names too similar for sisters?

[ThatLoftyBear]

Hello, would love to hear if people think these two names are too similar: Cecilia (name of our eldest) and Laetitia (considered name for soon to arrive girl 2).
Didn't realise how similar they sounded at first, we love the name, and it has significance for us, we also like they have the same origin but now am concerned it will sound like a gimmick/ others will confuse the two names.
Thank you for your thoughts!

Not at all, they are both lovely.

They are fine together , lots of people choose sibling names that end in the same sound or have other similarities - it only really matters if the sounds are so alike that people would get confused (like Milly and Molly etc).

I must admit I prefer the sound of Cecilia over Laetitia though (though I suspect the reason Laetitia far less used in the UK is due to the “tit” in the name rather than due to the sound) , but I understand it has family meaning to you and I can also appreciate the classical elegance to the name that must have attracted you to it.

I don’t think they are too similar and if Laetitia is meaningful for you, that’s a good reason to choose it

I think they sound nice together!

I don't think they're too similar at all. I know a couple of Letitias who are 40+ but not one you hear very often at all on a newborn these days. Same as Cecilia in that sense I guess. I actually think they match quite well.

I think they do look quite samey tbh sorry. Because of that for me it might make them harder for people to pronounce as a pair because they are a visual rhyme but not a real rhyme - if that makes sense. It makes me want to say Cecilia and LaTEESHEEUH

A bit pretentious. Imagine calling their names in public.

I think they'd be quite hard to say together. Like a bit of a tongue twister.

I don't think they're too similar though.

I think they are similar. Only letatita I know is called Letty,is that an option?

I couldn't- too similar for me- and if I was trying to call them quickly- or another adult was I'd find that a mouthful. I'm not a fan of matchy matchy names with siblings at all- bit also not my kids, not my business if you do.

I love Cecilia and Laetitia together and don't think they are too similar.

I don’t think they’re particularly similar at all.

I don't think their similar, though both together are quite a mouthful. I'd also find the 'ae' a pain as she'll constantly have it misspelt and have to correct people. Any reason it can't be Letitia?

I don't think too similar at all. I know an Elsie and an Ella...now that's similar.

not too similar

They’re not similar but as soon as you say Laetitia I picture Sharon from Eastenders and also the Tit is so prominent in the name. Surely boys will call her “Le tits” at school. If you like the cadence of it, what about Lavinia?

Not really sure that that risk of Lav from Lavinia is any better than the risk of Tit (and at least Letitia tends to be pronounced with a Tish sound) . If OP wanted suggestions of a similar style to Cecilia, I’d probably suggest Antonia fits nicely in style (and has cute nn’s like Annie the way Cecilia has Cece) or maybe wilder cards Aurelia or Octavia.

I don't find them at all similar OP, the only similarity is that they end in an A. I was expecting Kaden and Jaden.

Two of my absolute favourites and I think they sound lovely together!

Not similar at all. Both names are great and go well together.

I have a Cecilia and I wouldn't personally.

Is Cecelia's name shortened at all? CeCe and LeeLee? Cece and Teetee?

What about Allegra? Keeps the musical theme , and has some of the l sounds in Letitia, my preferred spelling!

I think I must be pronouncing one of them wrong as in my head they sound nothing like each other.