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I've always admired the name Cecilia or Cecelia. It is very pretty. But I couldn't commit to using it for my own daughter because I just really didn't like the meaning.

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Selah is really pretty. I like it!

I've never been too fond of Cecilia. It's the -cilia part that I don't particularly care for. It's grown on me some, but I still prefer Cecily.

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Selah is pretty.

I used to love Cecilia and now I'm sort of lukewarm on it. It is a very classy name though, if borne by the right person. Selah is the name of a run-down town in my state so it's very weird as a name to me. Besides that, it reminds me of seagulls, I guess because of the spelling. What about splitting it halfway and going with Celia? It seems like the perfect combination of Cecilia and Selah to me.

I think the meaning gives it power

I like them both for someone else. Cecilia will forever remind me of the Simon and Garfunkel song. Its a little long for me. I like the sound of Selah more, but it would be too biblical for me to use.

I really dislike Cecilia but not because of the meaning, although that isn't so good either. I just really can't stand the sound of Cecilia, especially the "SEEL" sound right in the middle. It's like nails being raked down a chalkboard to me. So squeaky and whiny. Ugh.

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Selah is much better even though it has the same "SEEL" sound in it but at the beginning

I agree about Cecilia. I just adore the name (along with Cecile, Celia & Cecily) but dislike that it means blind. I have often pondered about finding combinations with names that mean "love" or "justice" as in "love is blind" or "blind justice" to make it more of a combined meaning and changing the negative meaning of "blind" alone.

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However, I recently found Aracelia which has a similar feel and Selah is very lovely as well.
If you really love a name, and can make a positive association with it you should use it.

Wonderful choices! :) I love Cecilia, putting aside the meaning. Selah is also cool, unique without being too strange.

I like both. I think Selah is a bit better than Cecilia because it sounds less pretentious, although I do like Cecilia (and Celia). Selah is also less well-known.