See the results of this poll: Which one do you prefer?
Respondents: 63 (This poll is closed)
- Sofia/Sophia : 20 (32%)
- Lucia : 17 (27%)
- Celia : 12 (19%)
- Cecilia: 14 (22%)
I like them all, but my favorite is [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]. It’s very gentle, sweet, feminine, but still has a strength about it. The meaning doesn’t bother me at all. I interpret it as a good blindness, like how love is blind. St. [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] is also the patroness of musicians, so it has a nice connection there.
I fixed the spelling of [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] in the poll. I’m not sure if regular users are able to edit polls. If you are: Next to the question mark there is a image of a pencil. Click on that and you should be able to edit it yourself next time. If you’re not just shoot me a message the next time you have a issue and I’ll do it for you. 
My favorite is [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]. It’s the only one that doesn’t sound hissy to me. I have a slight lisp though, so that could just be me that has that problem. I like the meaning and the look of [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]. Out of all four names I think it has the best meaning. I wouldn’t let the meaning of [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] bother you because most people won’t actually know the meaning.
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f] is lovely, but she will have several Sophias or Sofias in her class. [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] is so feminine and sweet, so I picked that with [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] close behind. I love the opera aria [name_f]Santa[/name_f] [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] and think it’s such a beautiful name.
I’m torn. My answer used to be [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] but I also have an issue with its meaning and the cilia part reminds me to the cilium. I’m sure most people won’t make that connection though. It’s just I love biology and am a nerd.
I love both [name_f]Celia[/name_f] and [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]'s sound and meaning. And [name_f]Lucia[/name_f]… where I live, [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] is pronounced loo-see-ah and while I do love this pronunciation, I prefer the Italian loo-chee-ah. So my favourite is [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] with Italian pronunciation, but in case most people won’t use that, my vote goes for [name_f]Sophia[/name_f].
My favorite is [name_f]Celia[/name_f]. I like all of them but I find [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] so expected at this point. I stutter a bit over [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] and I don’t care for the idea of correcting people on the pronunciation of [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] all the time.
I voted for [name_f]Celia[/name_f], but I’m quite fond of [name_f]Delia[/name_f] too.
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] would be my first choice. [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] second if it wasn’t so popular!
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] is gorgeous and the nickname Cici is adorable. It’s familiar but not super common so I voted for that one I’ve never put much weight on name meanings as they really have no relevance in every day life.
I love almost all of them! [name_f]Sofia[/name_f]/[name_f]Sophia[/name_f]/[name_f]Sophie[/name_f], [name_f]Lucia[/name_f], and [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] have all either been on my list or have been considerations for my list at one point. I am really torn between [name_f]Sofia[/name_f] and [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] right now; I guess it would depend on which pronunciation you use for [name_f]Lucia[/name_f]! I say it the Italian way (loo-CHEE-ah), but I also like the more English (?) ‘loo-sha’. I’m not a fan of loo-see-ah at all, but, then again, I don’t like [name_f]Lucy[/name_f], either.
I adore [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] and would use it in a heartbeat, but only as a middle. I’m not very keen on the nns ([name_f]Cece[/name_f], [name_f]Celia[/name_f], etc. [name_f]Lia[/name_f]'s just okay, and while I like [name_f]Celie[/name_f], I can’t envision me using it), so a MN seems the perfect place for it, for me. I also don’t mind the meaning; in fact, I rather sort of like it, but I think I’m the only one there. I don’t see blindness as negatively as some people do, though, I guess.
I always have the same problem. I’m usually battling over [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Emilia[/name_f], [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f], and [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f], though.
I adore [name_f]Sophie[/name_f] and [name_f]Sofia[/name_f], so my vote goes to [name_f]Sofia[/name_f]/[name_f]Sophia[/name_f]. I seem to go with [name_f]Sophie[/name_f] and [name_f]Sofia[/name_f] for spellings I prefer but will go back and fourth on that at times. My next choice would be [name_f]Celia[/name_f] or [name_f]Cecelia[/name_f], although I cannot get over the meaning of the name. Usually I do not let meaning bother me but with this one I feel like it might be a foreshadowing of what could come to my child.
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f]. It’s a beautiful name.
I love [name_f]Sofia[/name_f] and [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] equally. All 4 are lovely.
Thank you for your responses everyone! I think I’ve narrowed it down to [name_f]Sofia[/name_f] and [name_f]Lucia[/name_f]
I voted [name_f]Lucia[/name_f]. [name_m]Favorite[/name_m] pronunciation is Loo-see-ah
2nd pick would be [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]. The “blind” definition is unfortunate but I did like the following bit on Nameberry regarding [name_m]Saint[/name_m] [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]…it would be a pleasant story (the wedding one) to share with a little [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f].
The martyred [name_m]Saint[/name_m] [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] was designated the patron of musicians, either because she supposedly sang directly to God while the musicians played at her wedding, or because as she was dying she sang to God–in either case making it a fitting name for opera star [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] [name_m]Bartoli[/name_m].