Nancy, Cecily & Connie

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I've done my boy's name survey, now it is time for girls!!

what do you think? Middle name will be Anne after dh's ma.

They're all a bit too wet for my liking.

I would love to know what other peoples dcs are called,when they are so dismissive of other names!

Definitely Cecily (& Cecy as in Cecy Hall for short).

Failed to get either Cecily or Cecilia past dh

Connie - nope, sorry, but Constance is OK.

& Nancy too similar/derivative of Anne.

I like Cecily, but have got a slight lisp so it probably wouldn't have worked too well!

Sorry, I know this always happens when old names are revived, but Connies have bleach blonde hair, smoke Lambert & Butler and wear leopard-print swimming costumes on the Costa Del Sol.

Nancy and Cecily are both nice, though.

I like Nancy best, then Connie and I like Cecily least but it goes with Anne better than either of the others.

Just pinched a suggestion from another thread: Clarice?

Nancy is a derivative of Anne, it is silly having them both, like having Margaret Peggy.
Cecily is quite nice but would be shortened. I don't like Connie.

Constance/Connie - I love! So pretty and feminine
Nancy - My dh wanted this and i vetoed it ...i have no idea why now!! Lovely
Cecily - I don't like this one.

Nancy seems to be gaining in popularity at the moment. I know 2 little girls called Nancy.

Nancy is lovely. Connie - jury's out, can't decide if I like it or not. Hate Cecily - posh and pretentious.

Nancy isn't for Anne as far as I know. I've known 3 Nancys. One was just Nancy and the other two were both Agnes.

I do like Connie though I'd have to call her Constance.

I like Cecily the best (Is on my girl's shortlist near the top).

Connie and Nancy are also nice though

mrs woolf - thanks for replying - I cut and pasted your link but it didn't work....

I can't find that level of info on the office for national stats website - only top 100 names. I'd really love to be able to look at the top 1000 plus percentage increases/decreases - can you try linking again?

Thanks ever so...

wow - thanks mrswoolf - I'm now trying to work out how to search the document....i.e. for a particular name - or do I have to scroll through the whole thing?!

brill, thanks

Nancy. That's lovely. Cecily too many Ss, and I can't remember the third name on your list, but it wasn't nice, I remember that!

Nancy can be a derivative for both Ann(e) and Agnes apparently see this page

I am exploring my family history and so far I have found a Nancy twice-both christened Ann.

I quite like Constance, shortened to Connie.

Cecily, or even better Cecilia, is nice.

Not keen on Nancy - sounds v old-fashioned. It makes me think of Nancy Drew and Nancy from Swallows and Amazons, as well as my step-grandmother.

Would definately go for Nancy - I love it.

I used to like Connie but reminds me of that little girl who was in Britain's Got Talent or the annoying one from Maria!!

Constance Anne would be nice, and Cecily Anne is pretty. Nancy Anne doesn't work for me even if Nancy wasn't a variation of Ann.