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It always reminds me of Cicero Pig, the nephew of Porky Pig, the Looney Tunes character. I pronounce it Siss-uh-roe

It's cute and strange either way, but the Latin pronunciation would be even stranger.

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I think it's the type of eccentic, distinguished name that's easier to imagine for a pet (the Latin in particular seems cute for a parrot maybe; the English sounds nice for a horse) than for a person, but I still like the idea of it being used for a person. It'd be old-fashioned and/or extravagant seeming like Napoleon or Aurelius.

This message was edited 9/28/2021, 7:36 PM

Is it the Latin pronunciation “Keekero”? The way we pronounce Latin is a bit arbitrary anyway, in Italian he would be called “Chee-chero.” Anyway it’s one of the names I can’t imagine on a real person, whatever the pronunciation, Cicero wasn’t a particularly nice guy and his name comes from having a large mole on his face.

I like it.

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I prefer it pronounced SIS-ə-ro.

I just looked up the pronunciation and I prefer the latin over english. It has a cool, fantasy vibe to it.

Which Latin pronunciation? One of the Classics professors at my uni was Belgian and pronounced it CHichero, which confused us for half of his first lecture, when light started to dawn! It seems it was Church Latin ...

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I use Sisero; it's been used in English for centuries. Fascinating person, wonderful writer, not a name I'd use, though I've got nothing against chickpeas.