Cecily?

[TortoiseMantle]

What do people think?

Beautiful!

Why is that a problem? My daughter and I have names with lots of possible nicknames and we both refuse to answer to any of them. Cecily is a great name, much nicer than any possible shortening..

I love it reminds me of the What Katy Did books.

Cecily is very nice.

I also love ..
Cicely (Cicely Mary Barker)
Celia
Cecilia
Cecile

Lovely. It does mean blind but more latterly St Cecilia was the patron saint if music and it derives from Cecilia. I prefer Cecily or Cicely.

DD had a Cecilia at primary, a Cecily at secondary and a Cicely at 6th form, she's 27. So not out there at all in my experience.

Susannah Constantine has a daughter called Cece which I think is a shortened form of Cecily or Cecilia, I always think it sounds beautiful.

Cecilia is OK. I'm not keen on Cecily. The Cess sound makes me think of cess-pit.
Ceci/Cece/Cici is awful.

I like it
I do prefer Cecilia or Celia though

This is what I came here to say too. She may well become Cess in secondary school as Cece sounds a bit twee for many teens and all 3 syllable names seem to get shortened at comp.

Dislike. It's very fussy, wet and twee sounding imo.

My daughter is called Cecily and I love it, obviously. It’s 50/50 whether she’s called Cecily or Cici and I think it’s a beautiful name!

I love it. I much prefer Cecily to Celia or Cecilia.

Ooh, this is lovely, not heard it for years. Ceecee as a nickname.

My name is Cecily (and I’m in my mid 20s). Not commonly known as Cece but basically until I was an adult it was Cec. I used to hate it but I’ve met a number of women having babies who have said Cecily was on their names list. And I love that it’s not really a common name. Most people I meet say how much they love my name.

Lovely name. I also like Celia and Cecilia. It's simple and oozes class! Like an Edwardian lady.

Lovely

Agree. Both nice, Cecilia has the edge for me.

Though there is the song I guess, which flicks me back towards Cecily.

My eldest daughter is Cecily (aged 20) Nicknamed Cissy. I adore her name and she likes it too.