1. SESS-ul
2. As above. I have never heard it pronounced any other way and wasn't even aware of any other pronuciation until looking it up just now. I am assuming SEE-sil is American?
3. No I don't like it. It's a bit weedy for my liking. I like
Cecilia and can tolerate
Cecily but don't like
Cecil.
Random question, if
Cecil is pronounced SEE-sul, are
Cecilia and
Cecily prn the same way? I guess not, which to me, suggests that SEE-sul is "wrong".