[Opinions] Heather or Cecily??
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Cecily.
I like both. I would LOVE Heather if it weren't for the 80's thing. It's a plant name, it sounds soft and wild, images of Scottish moors, all that cool stuff. But... the 80's-ness... dammit, 80's parents! You ruined "Heather"!! lol
But Cecily is pretty and it sounds medieval to me, so that's good too.
I like both. I would LOVE Heather if it weren't for the 80's thing. It's a plant name, it sounds soft and wild, images of Scottish moors, all that cool stuff. But... the 80's-ness... dammit, 80's parents! You ruined "Heather"!! lol
But Cecily is pretty and it sounds medieval to me, so that's good too.
We're all entitled to our own opinions, but personally, I think Cecily is a stunningly beautiful name. Classic and elegant, but cute and youthful at the same time, as well as being easy to grow up with!
Also plenty of room for gorgeous nicknames!
I live in the UK, and I don't really see a struggle with the spelling! Maybe she'll get Cecilie or Ceciley from time to time, but I don't see a huge issue.
Thanks for your comment! Xx
Also plenty of room for gorgeous nicknames!
I live in the UK, and I don't really see a struggle with the spelling! Maybe she'll get Cecilie or Ceciley from time to time, but I don't see a huge issue.
Thanks for your comment! Xx
Yeah, I like all the "ss"s in that name. Also I know at least one in the US who doesn't seem to have spelling trouble.
I hadn't thought of that! Xx Thanks :)
Cecily. It's a bit hissy with Frances, but Heather is super dated to me.
I don't like either, but if I have to choose, I will go with Cecily. Heather was formerly massively popular. I've known nine of them, one in my family. Okay, it's true that it has at this time dropped like a stone (predictably) and there aren't that many babies being named Heather at this time. HOWEVER, that does NOT mean that Heather is "refreshing." All those Heathers who were named twenty to forty years ago are still around and are in the prime of life. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's known multiple Heathers. I'm sure I'm not the only one who is sick of hearing it. And that doesn't change when the Heather is a newborn. She's still at this time just another Heather. Hearing the name on a newborn still elicits an eye-roll from me because I am just sick and tired of that name and don't need to know another one!
Now eighty years from now, when all those Heathers are dead, it will be a different story. But unless you can put off having your baby for that length of time, I can't endorse Heather.
Heather isn't even pretty, so I never understood its popularity to begin. I don't think that Cecily is pretty, either, but at least there aren't hoards of Cecilys running around, Cecilys whose parents followed the herd during the 70s, 80s, and 90s. So Cecily it is!
Wow, I just realized that I'm just as sick of Heather as I am of Sarah.
Now eighty years from now, when all those Heathers are dead, it will be a different story. But unless you can put off having your baby for that length of time, I can't endorse Heather.
Heather isn't even pretty, so I never understood its popularity to begin. I don't think that Cecily is pretty, either, but at least there aren't hoards of Cecilys running around, Cecilys whose parents followed the herd during the 70s, 80s, and 90s. So Cecily it is!
Wow, I just realized that I'm just as sick of Heather as I am of Sarah.
Well, if you're very concerned about the sisters' names "going together" I'd say choose Cecily. Heather and Frances are so very different from each other in usage, feel and all.
But I'd choose Heather, it has more character to me than Cecily. Cecily isn't a terrible name by any means, but it is hissy and weak-sounding, and Heather is soft-sounding but down-to-earth and not weak.
But I'd choose Heather, it has more character to me than Cecily. Cecily isn't a terrible name by any means, but it is hissy and weak-sounding, and Heather is soft-sounding but down-to-earth and not weak.
Thanks for your advice! Xx
Definitely thinking Cecily now!
Definitely thinking Cecily now!
Definitely Cecily. It goes really well with Frances and it's just a neat name. I always really want to like Heather because I love flower names, but I think I know too many Heathers to ever really like it.