Cecily

Girl Names
1

I’m pretty sure [name_f]Cecily[/name_f] is pronounced SIH-sill-ee but I heard that it was sih-SEE-lee. Which is it?

2

It’s pronounced CEH-sill-ee.

3

Traditionally the stress falls on the first syllable in English.

4

I always say it Ses-sih-lee

5

I say SEH-sill-ee.

6

Neither. I’ve always heard it SEH-sill-ee.

7

I’ve always heard it prn. SEH-sih-lee.

8

I’ve always pronounced it like the island, [name_f]Sicily[/name_f]. But I’ve never met anyone with this name.

9

SESS-ill-ee

10

As most others have said, I stress the first syllable: SEH-sil-ee.

Perhaps the pronunciation with emphasis on the second syllable is due to getting confused between [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] (seh-[name_m]SEEL[/name_m]-yuh) & [name_f]Cecily[/name_f].

11

That’s the pronunciation for [name_f]Cicely[/name_f]. http://forvo.com/search/cicely/

I’ve met a [name_f]Cecily[/name_f] pronounced SEH-sill-ee, so I used to think it was the common pronunciation; I think it might have been a nickname because I’ve never met anyone else with that pronunciation. Like others have said, the common one is SESS-ill-ee. http://forvo.com/search/cecily/

12

SEH-sill-ee

13

SEH-sil-ee.

14

I’ve only ever heard SEH-sill-ee. [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] is pronounced suh-SEE-lyuh, so that may be what you’re thinking of.