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Cecelia looks totally wrong to me. Cecilia is lovely, as is Celia, but NOT Cecelia. Anyway, I like both, but slightly prefer Celia.

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~Heather~

I'd say Cecelia, though I prefer Cecilia (which I love, as well as Cecily). Celia reminds me of Celiac and cilia.

Celia, but you could always use Cecelia with NN Celia if you think it's incomplete. I love Celia on its own, though.

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Cecilia, Cecelia looks misspelled

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Cecilia and Celia are not related names, and Celia is not a short form of Cecilia.

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But both names are wonderful. Cecilia is a classic name, not uncomon in Sweden. I love it and I love the Scandinavian form Sissela even more. But Celia is getting used here too, and I like the shakespearian association.

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"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty

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"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)

Cecelia.

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Celia's cute, but I think I'd prefer a longer first name, with Celia as a nickname. And I definitely prefer the spelling of Cecelia, because Cecilia has the word 'cilia' in it (which are little things attached to eukaryote cells that help them move about or sense things; almost like little legs). I know most people would probably never think of the whole 'cilia' thing, but it really bothers me, and I can't help but not see it in the name.

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Also, I think if you want to use the nickname Celia with the name Cecelia/Cecilia, Cecelia makes a bit more sense (though I think it's possible to pull off the nickname regardless of the spelling).

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(Out of all 'Cecilia' variants, though, I think my favorite's actually Cecily.)

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"How you turned my world, you precious thing.
You starve and near exhaust me.
Everything I've done, I've done for you.
I move the stars for no one."
"Within You"

This message was edited 4/23/2006, 7:54 AM

Celia is a rare and lovely name, while Cecelia, at least to me, is a misspelled Cecilia. I would like Cecilia, but this way, I will choose Celia.

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Budgerigars, ceiling fans, the Times of India are all part of the luggage I brought into the world... Blue Jesus leaked into me; and Mary's desperation, and Joseph's revolutionary wildness, and the flightiness of Alice Pereira... all these made me, too.
(Midnight's Children)

I like both but I think I prefer Cecelia.

Cecilia.

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"Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh"

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Capt. Malcolm Reynolds - Half of writing history is hiding the truth.
- Serenity

Cecilia.

Grrr...I keep double posting...sorry, don' t know why!

Cecelia

Cecilia - because I love the Simon and Garfunkel song and Celia makes me think of cilia.

double post. ignore this.

This message was edited 4/22/2006, 8:17 PM

Cecilia

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Jennifer Nicole
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Both are nms. I prefer Cecily but if I had to pick between Celia and Cecelia, I would choose Cecelia. Celia reminds me of cilia.