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I love me some Cecile! :)
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You say that Celia feels incomplete to you as a first name, but you'd use it as a nickname for Cecilia, which indicates that you must like Celia to some degree.
I once had the same problem with Lucy. I loved Lucy, but didn't like Lucille. Lucy felt incomplete to me as a full name. I kept thinking that it had to be a nickname for Lucille. So I kept thinking that I'd never use it, because I don't like Lucille and I wouldn't use a name that I don't like just to get to the nickname.
Then it was pointed out to me that Lucy is indeed a legitimate name in its own right. It didn't start out as a nickname for Lucille. Lucy is English for Lucia, the feminine form of Lucius, meaning "light". Lucille is from Lucilla, a diminutive of Lucia. Lucy actually predates Lucille, and Lucille, although it's longer and sounds more formal, actually comes from a diminutive, which Lucy does not.
In the case of Celia and Cecilia, the two names are actually unrelated, so Celia certainly stands as a name in its own right. Celia is the feminine form of the Roman family name Caelius, from Caelum, and means "heaven". Cecilia is from the Roman family name Caecilius, from Caecus, meaning "blind". There's no need to see Celia as incomplete.
I once had the same problem with Lucy. I loved Lucy, but didn't like Lucille. Lucy felt incomplete to me as a full name. I kept thinking that it had to be a nickname for Lucille. So I kept thinking that I'd never use it, because I don't like Lucille and I wouldn't use a name that I don't like just to get to the nickname.
Then it was pointed out to me that Lucy is indeed a legitimate name in its own right. It didn't start out as a nickname for Lucille. Lucy is English for Lucia, the feminine form of Lucius, meaning "light". Lucille is from Lucilla, a diminutive of Lucia. Lucy actually predates Lucille, and Lucille, although it's longer and sounds more formal, actually comes from a diminutive, which Lucy does not.
In the case of Celia and Cecilia, the two names are actually unrelated, so Celia certainly stands as a name in its own right. Celia is the feminine form of the Roman family name Caelius, from Caelum, and means "heaven". Cecilia is from the Roman family name Caecilius, from Caecus, meaning "blind". There's no need to see Celia as incomplete.
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I much prefer Cecile to Cecilia or Celia. It sounds so smooth to me, and looks very pretty when written. I like it.
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I too love Cecile! :) She drifts in and out of my top 10. I just can't seem to get over the meaning.
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There you are! Cecile means "blind" and Celia means "heaven". I knew there was some reason I liked Celia a lot more!
I think that Celia is such an unjustly ignored gem.
I think that Celia is such an unjustly ignored gem.
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I like it spelled Cécile. I don't usually think it's necessary to use accents but in this case I like it much better with the accent. I also like Cecily and prefer it over Cécile.
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I generally preferred Cecilia as a middle name, usually Mary Cecilia but Cecile has been really growing me as of late, especially as a first name. I would have to think long and hard between Cecilia and Cecile if I chose to name my daughter one. I say Cecilia like se-SEE-lyah (I don't know why, I'm not spanish but I tend to default on spanish/italian/jewish pronunciations). Mary Cecile would be nice too, but it would definitely depend on the last name.
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I prefer Cecilia to Cecile, and prefer Celia to either Cecile or Cecilia.
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Cecile is the only name of the three that doesn't sound ULTRA-bratty to me--she's subtle and artistic, delicately unassuming.
Cecilia and Celia are all over the place.
Cecilia and Celia are all over the place.
This message was edited 6/16/2012, 1:22 PM
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Do you like Cecily? It used to be ones of my favorites. I would like to see someone use it. I dislike the meaning too much and even if it had a nice meaning it wouldn't make my top 10 anymore. Can't believe this isn't in the top 1000.
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I think it's just off the radar
If a celeb named their daughter Cecily or a famous book character emerged with the name, I thought would definitely catch on
If a celeb named their daughter Cecily or a famous book character emerged with the name, I thought would definitely catch on
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I don't like it. I'm not a big fan of names like Cecile, Cecil, Cecilia, etc. They sound like nails on a chalkboard to me.
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