Do You like the Name Cecilia?

Updated on October 24, 2011
N.R. asks from Birmingham, MI
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Its not my absolute favorite- but I do love it. It was my grandmother's name who recently passed away and I loved her dearly.

WDYT of the name?

we're also trying to incorporate two other family member's names into the name: Camden and my other Grandmother's name is Betty
(but we decided to use Elisabeth, which is prettier but still gives a family nod)

So which combo would you prefer? (surname is Kerr)
Cecilia Elisabeth Camden Kerr
Cecilia Camden Elisabeth Kerr
Cecilia Camden Kerr
Cecilia Elisabeth Kerr

Thankyou SO MUCH!

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C.K.

answers from Minneapolis on

Love Cecilia. If we have a girl, we plan to use it as the middle name. It was my Great Aunt's name, and she passed away 2 years ago. She was a saint. Her birthday was in January, which is the month that I am due, so I think that is a sign. Anyway, I didn't help you at all. :)

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R.J.

answers from Seattle on

The first. Hands down. Beautiful lyric rhythm.

Cecilia Elizabeth Camden Kerr

I want to MEET that person, without even knowing them.

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A.F.

answers from Chicago on

I have a good friend who named her first daughter Elisabeth and second Cecelia- they go by Libby and Cici. great names- I liked Cecelia Elisabeth Camden Kerr the best personally. Best wishes!

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J.S.

answers from Hartford on

Cecilia Elisabeth Camden Kerr. You have fabulous tastes in names. <3 Cecilia isn't my style normally, but I love Cecilia Elisabeth. I'm also not normally big into surnames for girls unless they're middle names that come from family names because surnames are so masculine, but this combination is really nice and the whole name has ties to family. If you use Elisabeth as the first middle name it breaks up the consonants really nicely.

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V.M.

answers from Cleveland on

I have a neice Cecilia, I lilke it but I always sing it, --- Paul Simon.

I prefer just one middle name but either is pretty.

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J.C.

answers from Philadelphia on

It is a beautiful name!!! I love it!!! My vote is for Cecilia Elisabeth Kerr!

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C.M.

answers from Los Angeles on

You can combine Camden and Cecilia and get Camellia or Camilla.
Camilla Elisabeth Kerr sounds nice!

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X.O.

answers from Chicago on

"Oh, Cecilia, you're breaking my heart! You're shaking my confidence baby!" Sorry, I couldn't resist. I LOVE that song :)

I love #1 or #4, as it is nice to have the Elisabeth breaking up the C & K sounds.

I do like double middle names. My little brother is Richard Thomas William

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K.C.

answers from Philadelphia on

I really like the name Cecilia. And Camden is cool, too. Is this/will this be your only daughter? I was planning on having only one girl (I already had my boy and once I knew I was pregs with a girl, I was like "YAY! I'm DONE!!"), so I named my daughter after my mom and my MIL, using up both "family" girl names in one go. Then I got pregnant again - yep, another girl. She's not named after EITHER grandmother since both names were used on girl #1. Don't worry, she has a lovely name and doesn't feel slighted at all for not having a "family" name, but it would have been nice to have one name for each of the girls, instead of one girl getting both. If you're planning on having any more kids, Camden could work for both a boy or a girl. Use Cecilia Elisabeth for your little girl now, and save Camden for a future little girl or boy. But whatever you decide, they're all really good names and they all sound good together in all 4 of your potential combinations.

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D.S.

answers from Washington DC on

Cecilia Elisabeth is absolutely beautiful! My daughter has a similar name, and as others have mentioned, we've called her Cici as a nickname. She has started to prefer being called by her full name, but as a baby and toddler it was a really cute nickname!

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L.U.

answers from Seattle on

Okay, i am sorry. This is the FIRST thing that popped into my head when I read "Cecilia"
Cecilia...you're breaking my heart, your shaking my confidence daily!" While I love that song, I couldn't name my daughter that since the woman in the song is a bed hopper. SORRY!!! LOL :)

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N.S.

answers from Philadelphia on

Cecilia Elisabeth Camden Kerr; I like it!

I even have some bad memories of a girl I knew named Cecelia, and i still like that name.

CECK would be her initials...do you like how that looks/sounds?

I wanted to add two more things, maybe you will see my edit.
My son has two middle names, it is kind of a pain when you are filling out forms.

Also, I think the reference to Cecelia in the S&G song is to the goddess of music, Cecelia, not to an unrequited love. I'm just mentioning it so you can have a different take on the song and it s associations.

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G.T.

answers from Redding on

Cecilia Elisabeth Camden Kerr, sounds like an author's name.
I had a friend in elementary school named Cecilia, we all called her Cecil.

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H.G.

answers from Dallas on

I can picture my mom sitting with me when I was young singing along with that song and she still sang it right up until she passed. I adore that name! When I saw your post it warmed my heart just seeing the name!
Cecilia elisabeth is my favorite! (That's my sil middle name also) :)

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E.F.

answers from Kalamazoo on

If you don't love "Cecilia", or find it a little formal, have you considered "Celia"? You've got lots of great options - Kerr goes well with them all!

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J.P.

answers from Chicago on

I love Cecilia! It is one of our top names too. Tho I think we're going with something else that we love just a little more! We also have a double middle name, and some people say its a mouthfull, but we think it sounds pretty (and after both my mom who is passed away, and my MIL) so it has meaning to us. And where we are from, we just call kids by their first name or nickname anyway, so the middle name is really just for the family!

I do like Cecelia Elisabeth Camden Kerr the best! It flows and sounds beautiful!

Good luck to you and your new beautiful baby girl!

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J.R.

answers from Los Angeles on

LOVE Cecilia! (And I love the song too. :) ) Also love Camden - that was on our short list for our daughter at one point. Actually I love all your names. :)

My vote is either for your first or third choice.

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K.H.

answers from Detroit on

Cecilia Camden Kerr. I also think of Simon & Garfunkel, but I ignore the message & sing it loud. I think Camden is a nice modern addition to a traditional name.

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B..

answers from Dallas on

I like Cecilia Elisabeth Kerr!!

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S.W.

answers from Minneapolis on

Cecilia Elisabeth Camden Kerr sounds great.

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J.✰.

answers from San Antonio on

I'm not a fan of the 4 names. It's just confusing I think. Sounds nice, but what's her middle name Elisabeth or Camden? It's just confusing IMO. Or some may think her name is Cecilia (first) Elizabeth (middle) Camden-Kerr (last name hyphenated).

That being said I prefer Cecilie Elisabeth Kerr.

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S.H.

answers from Honolulu on

"Celia \ce-lia\ as a girl's name is pronounced SEEL-yah. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Celia is "heaven". From Caelia, feminine form of the old Roman family name Caelius, probably from "caelum" meaning "heaven". Sometimes also used as a short form of Cecilia. Celio is the masculine form. The name was not used in the Middle Ages, and was introduced to the English-speaking world as the name of a character in Shakespeare's "As You Like It" (1599). Made popular in the 1940s by actress Celia Johnson."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia

"Cecilia \ce-ci-lia\ as a girl's name is pronounced sess-SEEL-yah. It is of Latin and Old Welsh origin, and the meaning of Cecilia is "blind; sixth". The name came from the Welsh name Seissylt meaning "sixth". It was later used as an English form of Latin name Caecilia, feminine of Caecilius (see Cecil). The feminine form is more popular than the male form because of the blind Saint Cecilia (second or third century) virgin martyr known as the patron saint of music. The name became common among Christians during the Middle Ages when it was brought by the Normans to England, where it was commonly spelled Cecily. The Latinate form Cecilia came into use in the 18th century. Cecil Rhodes was an industrialist and founder of Rhodesia. Soprano Cecilia Bartoli.

Cecilia has 89 variant forms: C'Ceal, Cacelia, Ceceilia, Ceceley, Ceceli, Cecelia, Cecely, Cecely"

All are nice names.

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D.K.

answers from Sioux City on

I like Cecilia Elisabeth Camden Kerr.

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B.B.

answers from Missoula on

I LOVE Cecilia! I would have used it if I had had a girl. Or Celia, I like that too.

I love Cecilia Elisabeth Camden Kerr.

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J.C.

answers from San Francisco on

Such a pretty name!!! Cecelia Elisabeth Kerr!!!

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M..

answers from Youngstown on

I vote for Cecilia Elisabeth Kerr. I think 2 middle names is a bit much. Just my personal opinion.

We were going to use the name Cecilia, but my brother had a baby before we had our girl and he used the name. We call my niece CeCe for short. I still love the name.

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J.B.

answers from Boston on

I love the name - if my first son had been a daughter, that's what his name would have been. My niece is named Cecilia. I like all of your names, but prefer a 'z' in Elizabeth to an 's' but that's just me.

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A.G.

answers from Houston on

i love it...the song ruins it for me but the name is quite pretty

i like the last version of the name

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A.K.

answers from Phoenix on

I love that name. I think I like Camden, w/ it.

V.C.

answers from Dallas on

I think Cecilia is a beautiful name. I like nos 3 and 4.

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K.L.

answers from Washington DC on

My daughter's best friend in preschool was Cecelia, but everyone called her Ceci. I thought that was adorable for a little girl!!

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H.J.

answers from Minneapolis on

We thought about this name a lot...but my husband couldn't get some song "Cecilia your breaking my heart" out of his head so we had to say no....now my daughters middle name is a variation of the name that is a little different and is after my dads middle name which is great.

Celia is also a beautiful name that we thought of. and Celia elisabeth Kerr would be a beautiful name.
Best of luck

Out of your list I would Cecilia Elizabeth Camden Kerr. my only thing is it is a tad long!

M.C.

answers from Pocatello on

I like Cecilia Elizabeth Kerr

I know a little boy named Camden... so to me it is a boys name...

But the name cecilia reminds me of the Simon and Garfunkel Song "Cecelia":

Cecilia, you're breaking my heart
You're shaking my confidence daily
Oh, Cecilia, I'm down on my knees
I'm begging you please to come home

Cecilia, you're breaking my heart
You're shaking my confidence daily
Oh, Cecilia, I'm down on my knees
I'm begging you please to come home
Come on home

Making love in the afternoon with Cecilia
Up in my bedroom (making love)
I got up to wash my face
When I come back to bed
Someone's taken my place

Cecilia, you're breaking my heart
You're shaking my confidence daily
Oh, Cecilia, I'm down on my knees
I'm begging you please to come home
Come on home

Jubilation, she loves me again,
I fall on the floor and I'm laughing,
Jubilation, she loves me again,
I fall on the floor and I'm laughing

LOL- hehehe- It is a very pretty name though!

-M.

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S.Q.

answers from Los Angeles on

I love the name Cecilia. My favourite of your list is Cecilia Elisabeth Camden Kerr. I think it gets a nice rhythm going.

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S.C.

answers from Detroit on

Cecilia is a beautiful name! I know you are opting for Elisabeth, but Betty is such a great name too, if you use all four I think that Cecilia Betty Camden Kerr flows nicely!!

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S.S.

answers from Chicago on

Cecilia means musical. At least that is what I grew up with. I am S., a derivative of Cecilia. I love it. I love my name. However I always loved Cecilia. Oh go for it. All are beautiful.

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K.C.

answers from Orlando on

Cecilia was on our short list for our second daughter, but we are big fans of The Office and pam and jim had just named their fictious daughter Cecilia, we didn't want people to think that was why we were using it. Yours has family signifigance so that's different. :)

I love Cecilia Elisabeth, with or without the Camden works. I just think it's a little long all together, but having a very short last name it does still work. Our very good friends just had a baby Camden born yesterday. :)

E.S.

answers from Dayton on

Cecilia is very pretty. I have to agree though the song kinda ruins it for me-just a tad. :(
But it IS your g-ma's name, so absolutely go for it!!!

I really like the first option-great flow. I love a good meaningful double middle name!
My kids both have them.

To avoid having 4 initials we hyphenated the middle names. Haven't had any problems so far.

HTH! GL!

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M.T.

answers from New York on

Cecilia isn't a name I would have ever considered, but it doesn't make me say, "Eeeew, what are you thinking?" I think Cecilia Elisabeth would sound nice.

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M.M.

answers from Lake Charles on

I like the 4 names! I'm trying to talk my husband into it right now (he has 4) but he's resisting.. Boo. I like the second one...

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T.J.

answers from Seattle on

Now I'm going to have the song in my head all day! I think Cecilia is pretty and fits well with your last name, Elisabeth/Elizabeth would be nice too. I like cecilia Elisabeth, Cecilia Camden (CC!) Elisabeth, Elisabeth Camden.

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C.W.

answers from Washington DC on

We were going to use Cecilia as a middle name because it was my grandmothers name but it just didn't flow with the first name we chose. I like the name and u could always nickname her CiCi. I don't like the idea of 2 middle names though. Very long and confusing.

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