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If I could have chosen, I'd have loved a fem version of my father's name, with my mother's name as the mn: Cecily Beatrice. But I do see that having a Cecil and a Cecily sharing a home could be tricky. The meanings are OK, except that my eyesight is preThetty good when my glasses are on. The obvious nn for Beatrice, used by my mother and daughter, is Bea, which sounds like the insect. That might point towards Deborah and Melissa: of the two, Deborah would always be my choice, tough rather than sugar-sweet.