Cacilie

I recently heard the name “Cacilie” (maybe it was spelled “Cäcilie”) in a children’s book about [name_m]Richard[/name_m] [name_m]Wagner[/name_m]. It reminds me of the [name_f]Cecily[/name_f] version but the pronunciation seems like it would be different.

For native [name_f]English[/name_f] speakers in the US—how would you pronounce this name?

For those outside the US, how would you pronounce this name?

Im in the US but maybe like [name_u]Casey[/name_u] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]? [name_u]Or[/name_u] [name_f]Cassie[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]?

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I’m native to the US.

I wouldn’t pronounce it as distinctly as [name_f]Cassie[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u] which someone above mentioned, but it would be similar. Maybe KAS-uh-lee. Sort of similar to [name_f]Emily[/name_f].

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Native US I would instinctively pronounce it as KASS-uh-lee (like Castle-ee)

I pretty sure its either supposed to be more like KASE-uh-lee or Kes-uh-lee but I would definitely have to think about it

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In the US, I’d say CASE-uh-lee. But when I saw the name with the umlaut and you said was German, I went to Cecily.

Edit: Upon further reflection and a second look at the original spelling, I changing my pronunciation to Cecilia.

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US, Midwest dialect.

[name_f]My[/name_f] instinct is Kak-eh-lee.

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I assumed it was sass-i-lee.
i’m british though not american x

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I’d think ‘sass-ee-lee’ or ‘sass-ee-lya’ but would assume I was probably wrong (in the UK)

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to begin with i struggle a lot to see cacilie as the same name as cäcilie, because the umlaut is doing a lot of heavy lifting. i’d read cäcilie as caecilie, and thus like sess-eel-yeh, or maybe seh-see-lee in english. cacilie confuses me though… it looks a lot like cack-uh-lee which i would want to avoid. so… sass-uh-lee maybe ?? cass-uh-lee ? it just doesn’t read as a name

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Canadian point of view: “sa-SILL-ee”. Sort of like so silly, but sa instead of so.

Looks like a variation of [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] to me.

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[name_f]My[/name_f] first guess as an American [name_f]English[/name_f] speaker is Kah-SEE-lee !!

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Interesting, I think maybe it was just Cäcilie because I’m not finding Cacilie on “Behind the Name” either, but I do see Cäcilie and [name_f]Cecilie[/name_f] there…

In the [name_m]German[/name_m] it says it definitely sounds like [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] according to their listed pronunciation.

Honestly, if you’re [name_f]English[/name_f] speaking you’re better off with [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] than the [name_m]German[/name_m] name, which is not intuitive for [name_f]English[/name_f] speakers.

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It is only spelt Cäcilie, german origin meaning blind. It is pronounced Zed zil ee uh in German however in English it would be pronounced the same a Cecilia.

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“sass-ih-lee”

i’m in the us east <3

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I see, thank you for the clarification!

[name_f]Do[/name_f] you know about the [name_f]Cecilie[/name_f] spelling? I was thinking [name_f]Cecily[/name_f] sounded like [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] without the ending “-uh” but the pronunciation I found is ses-uh-lee when I think to say “seh-see-lee” like the first part of [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you know of any [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] variations that are pronounced “seh-see-lee”?

Thank you everyone for all the replies!

I believe [name_f]Cecily[/name_f] is pronounced sess-ih-lee, but I could see it being pronounced seh-see-lee

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