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There's always the French name, Cecile.

My grandmother is Cecilia and often just called Celia. My grandfather used to call her Ceil and when I was young it confused me, I thought he was saying "seal". I like both Cecilia and Celia, but am recently more partial to Cecily.

I find Cecilia a bit too frilly, therefore Celia.

I prefer Cecilia which I love.

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I think Celia is perfectly fine as its own name and not a nn for Cecilia.

Celia is a name in its own right

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A name known from Shakespeare. I love both Celia and Cecilia, they are both beautiful classic names. And I would not use Celia as a nn for Cecilia. If I used a nn at all for Cecila, it would be Ceci or Lia.

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If I lived in USA/UK/Canada/Australia/NZ, I think I would use Celia. In Sweden Cecilia is more known, but I think I would use an old Swedish form then, Sissela.

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"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)

Cecilia beautiful name

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Celia is pretty name

I love both, but I slightly prefer Celia. I think Celia CAN work as a nn for Cecilia, but I think it's better on its own. Partly because if her nn is Celia, people will assume her name is spelled Cecelia, and I just think that looks WRONG. lol

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~Heather~

I definitely prefer Cecilia; it's such a pretty name and has grown on me a lot recently. I think Celia is find on its own, but I'm not fond of it the way I am of Cecilia. Cecilia just sounds a lot more complete imo.

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~*~Jennifer Nicole~*~
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Celia!

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Celia is of my absolute favorite names, and it is NOT just a nick name for Cecilia! Celia has its own history independent of Cecilia, and it really bugs me when people peg it as only a "nick name for Cecilia." Celia is lovely. Cecilia is fine, but that extra syllable seems a bit extrvagant to me.

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Celia all the way.

I love the name Celia (celestial), a name in its own right. It has a separate origin to Cecilia (feminine form of Cecil) so I don't see it as a nn at all.

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The double "s" sound in Cecilia always made me prefer Celia as a name. They are both beautiful, though.

I think both names are pretty but I perfer Celia.

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Cecilia has a longer sound I think.

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At first I thought Celia was a rather stuck-up name because of a girl I knew, and then I read a book about the Dunne family in Scotland with a daughter named Celia. Since then I've really liked it!

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So I guess I like Celia better but Ceeilia is pretty too!
I also like Cecily! :)

Cecelia. Celia as a nn

I like Cecilia ( se-SEEL-ee-ya) better. It just sounds more complete to me. But Celia ( SEEL-ee-ya)is fine too. I think it could be used on its own if you like that one better.

This message was edited 10/5/2005, 7:42 PM

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