Thoughts on Cielo for a boy?

[bluecupcakev]

What are your thoughts on Cielo for a boy?

No.

I associate it with girls tbh - my Spanish is incredibly rusty but is it not a girl's name?

Sky? Is it used as a name in Italy?

How do you pronounce it?

Is it pronounced Sello (as in a brand of sticky tape) or Cello (as in the musical instrument)?I'd say no for either pronunciation.

Lovely. Was on my list as middle name.

If it’s the Italian for sky then it’s CHAY-low, more or less.

I don’t know about Spanish.

Thee-ell-o?
See-ell-o?

No. Don't like it, too strange.

No

Is it a name from your culture?

@bluecupcakevI don’t think it’s awful for a boy. I’m Italian and quite honestly it wouldn’t really get used here, but it wouldn’t be seen as a distasteful name. It’s a nature themed name, with a spiritual touch, so there’s nothing bad to associate with it.

Makes me think of CeeLo Green who did the song ‘Forget you’ (amongst other things) - I’m sure i saw him interviewed and he took that as his name / stage name cos of the heaven meaning (I may be misremembering the details though - I generally think of it as meaning sky).
Thielo is how I would say it. I don’t mind it, but not come across it as a name apart from Mr Green. My husband is Spanish - i mention that in terms of not coming across it as a name before, although we live in the uk so that probably doesn’t mean much !

No.

It’s pronounced like “See-eh-lo”, it’s a masculine noun that means heaven or sky in Spanish but it’s more commonly used as a girl name. I like how it sounds and the meaning of it but I’m worried it’s literally a word and the last name would be Flores which is another literal word more than a name . I don’t know if I’m explaining myself 😅

I think it's a girl's name that noone will be able to say.
I speak Italian so I would either say it the Italian way (which would be wrong, according to your update) or try to anglicise it (ditto).

It just reminds me of the manson murders

Strange. I've been reading about the Manson murders today that happened on Cielo Drive so that's what I'd think of. I get that's quite a niche comment though.

I'd automatically pronounce it the Italian way because I learned to speak Italian before I learned to speak Spanish. So it would probably get mispronounced a lot

It’s a girls name but I do like it.

And as PP have said, everyone will think of Sharon Tate.

So the English translation of the name would be Sky Flowers?

It's really pretty but you'd face multiple inventive pronunciations all the time! also i do think of the aldi (or lidl can't remember) cosmetics line Ciel...

Nobody will know how to pronounce it in Britain so a lifetime of explaining. I don't dislike it but maybe better as a middle name.

Like Coeliac disease?