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Cecilia, Cecelia looks misspelled
Cecilia and Celia are not related names, and Celia is not a short form of Cecilia.
But both names are wonderful. Cecilia is a classic name, not uncomon in Sweden. I love it and I love the Scandinavian form Sissela even more. But Celia is getting used here too, and I like the shakespearian association.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
Cecilia and Celia are not related names, and Celia is not a short form of Cecilia.
But both names are wonderful. Cecilia is a classic name, not uncomon in Sweden. I love it and I love the Scandinavian form Sissela even more. But Celia is getting used here too, and I like the shakespearian association.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
Cecelia.
Celia's cute, but I think I'd prefer a longer first name, with Celia as a nickname. And I definitely prefer the spelling of Cecelia, because Cecilia has the word 'cilia' in it (which are little things attached to eukaryote cells that help them move about or sense things; almost like little legs). I know most people would probably never think of the whole 'cilia' thing, but it really bothers me, and I can't help but not see it in the name.
Also, I think if you want to use the nickname Celia with the name Cecelia/Cecilia, Cecelia makes a bit more sense (though I think it's possible to pull off the nickname regardless of the spelling).
(Out of all 'Cecilia' variants, though, I think my favorite's actually Cecily.)
"How you turned my world, you precious thing.
You starve and near exhaust me.
Everything I've done, I've done for you.
I move the stars for no one."
"Within You"
Celia's cute, but I think I'd prefer a longer first name, with Celia as a nickname. And I definitely prefer the spelling of Cecelia, because Cecilia has the word 'cilia' in it (which are little things attached to eukaryote cells that help them move about or sense things; almost like little legs). I know most people would probably never think of the whole 'cilia' thing, but it really bothers me, and I can't help but not see it in the name.
Also, I think if you want to use the nickname Celia with the name Cecelia/Cecilia, Cecelia makes a bit more sense (though I think it's possible to pull off the nickname regardless of the spelling).
(Out of all 'Cecilia' variants, though, I think my favorite's actually Cecily.)
You starve and near exhaust me.
Everything I've done, I've done for you.
I move the stars for no one."
"Within You"
This message was edited 4/23/2006, 7:54 AM
Celia is a rare and lovely name, while Cecelia, at least to me, is a misspelled Cecilia. I would like Cecilia, but this way, I will choose Celia.
Budgerigars, ceiling fans, the Times of India are all part of the luggage I brought into the world... Blue Jesus leaked into me; and Mary's desperation, and Joseph's revolutionary wildness, and the flightiness of Alice Pereira... all these made me, too.
(Midnight's Children)
Budgerigars, ceiling fans, the Times of India are all part of the luggage I brought into the world... Blue Jesus leaked into me; and Mary's desperation, and Joseph's revolutionary wildness, and the flightiness of Alice Pereira... all these made me, too.
(Midnight's Children)
I like both but I think I prefer Cecelia.
Grrr...I keep double posting...sorry, don' t know why!
double post. ignore this.
This message was edited 4/22/2006, 8:17 PM