My SO has been talking about names, just in general, and he's made the comment about his great-grandmother, who was named
Marcella. They pronounced it Mar-cell-ah, and called her Cella or Cee for short.
We've been bouncing the name around, both of us preferring the pronunciation of Mar-chell-ah, however, as a name it still sounds a bit old. So, thoughts on nicknames? The only one I can think of is
Ella, which is cute, but I'm afraid it's a bit trendy.