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Baby girl shortlist. Will she be Cecily, Livia or something else?!

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loobylu3 · 05/12/2008 14:59

Am still deliberating over baby names. I like masses of girls names but DH is really picky! Please help me to narrow it down with some opinions on my shortlist!
We are a multicultural family so have tried to choose names which are not too typically English.
DD Maia
DS Lucas

Cecily
Livia
Sylvie
Elodie
Celeste

Please let me know your likes/ dislikes, etc. Thank-u!

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rubyslippersisappearinginpanto · 05/12/2008 15:00

I do love Elodie and Slyvie

PeachyBidsYouNadoligLlawen · 05/12/2008 15:05

You have some lovely names there (but lol at ruby's mistype of slyvie - sounds mean!)

I adore Cecily, a real favourite of mine. Sylvie is nice, and Celeste. But the other two are nice as well.

rubyslippersisappearinginpanto · 05/12/2008 15:06
Pinkjennybellrock · 05/12/2008 15:07

Fave is Elodie.

pania · 05/12/2008 15:08

I think they're all very nice names, except Livia. I'm not sure why - maybe it reminds me of Liver? (Apologies to any Livias or moters of Livias).

MakemineaGandT · 05/12/2008 15:09

They are all lovely! My favourite is Cecily

pania · 05/12/2008 15:09

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loobylu3 · 05/12/2008 16:26

Thank you all- that's a great start!

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LaDiDaDi · 05/12/2008 20:28

All lovely choices but I like Sylvie best.

Helium · 05/12/2008 20:32

Like them all - but I often think what if the child has a lisp - some of them would sound hmmm a bit odd... thethely..??!

Hulababy · 05/12/2008 20:33

I prefer Olivia to Livia

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Grammaticus · 05/12/2008 20:34

Livia isn't a name - it's shortening of Olivia so people will get it wrong all her life!

reindeermum · 05/12/2008 20:35

Absolutely not Livia because there are MILLIONS of little Olivias at the moment.

littlelamb · 05/12/2008 20:37

Cecily is lovely, but agree that Livia would spend her entire life saying, 'no, not Olivia...'

MeAndMyMonkey · 05/12/2008 20:40

All gorgeous but love Celeste the most because of Barbar

Botbot · 05/12/2008 20:41

Like 'em all but Cecily just pips it I think.

CoolYourJets · 05/12/2008 20:47

Cecilia?

Love Sylvie.

MissisBoot · 05/12/2008 20:51

I have an Olivia but she is really a Livia - dh preferred Olivia but we both call her Livia now.

I do however love Elodie.

RachieB · 05/12/2008 22:49

Elodie defnitely

BoccaDellaNativita · 05/12/2008 22:52

I like Celeste and Cecily the best (and agree too that Livia should be Olivia but, then again, shouldn't because there are just so many of them at the moment).

Cecelia is lovely too - I said to dd yesterday that I wished I had thought of Cecelia as a name for her and she just pulled a face, the little minx.

DoesntChristmasDragOn · 05/12/2008 22:53

Celeste I think. The only one I don't really like is Livia.

Penthesileia · 05/12/2008 22:56

Er, Livia is a name: a Roman name...

justneedsomesleeppleasesanta · 05/12/2008 22:59

Celeste is my fav!

ScummyMarx · 05/12/2008 23:05

Sylvie is my favourite.