How to make Cleo work?

My top choices of the moment are Evelina Sofie and Cecilia Jorja… However I do really love Cleo but I dont know if it fits with the other names
How do you think Cleo could work as a sister to Evelina & Cecilia? Plus, does it bother you that Cleo and Cecilia both start with C … I actually really like Esmeralda (Esme) but then it would just sound repetitive
Could Cleo be a (stretchy) nickname to any full names that fit better with Evelina & Cecilia?

[name_f]Cleo[/name_f] feels substantial to me so I can see it working with [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] and [name_f]Evelina[/name_f]!

[name_f]Esmeralda[/name_f] works to me too.

[name_f]Cleo[/name_f] as a nn for…

[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
Cloelia
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_u]Calypso[/name_u]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Calliope[/name_f]
[name_f]Colette[/name_f]
[name_f]Cornelia[/name_f]

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I am going to be completely honest. I see [name_f]Cleo[/name_f] as very different to [name_f]Evelina[/name_f] and [name_f]Cecelia[/name_f]. [name_f]Cleo[/name_f] feels a bit trendy/ unique and ( just me) I don’t like siblings sharing the same initial, ideally. [name_f]Evelina[/name_f] and [name_f]Cecelia[/name_f] are very elegant and vintage sounding.
I do like the suggestion of Colette/Cleo
Perhaps Clara/Cleo at a stretch?

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Maybe a way to make it work would be to name her [name_f]Cleopatra[/name_f] “Cleo”.

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It feels a bit out of place but I think it works.

Routes to [name_f]Cleo[/name_f]:

[name_f]Cleona[/name_f] / [name_f]Cleonie[/name_f]
[name_f]Cleocharia[/name_f]
[name_f]Callisto[/name_f] (or [name_f]Callista[/name_f] with an ‘O’ middle)
[name_f]Coraline[/name_f]
Coralinde
[name_f]Cleora[/name_f]
[name_f]Cleodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Cleola[/name_f]
[name_f]Cleotilde[/name_f]
[name_f]Calico[/name_f]

[name_u]Or[/name_u] something like [name_f]Claire[/name_f] [name_f]Leona[/name_f] ‘Cleo’.

I think [name_f]Cleo[/name_f] works. I really like it. [name_f]My[/name_f] great grandmother was [name_f]Georgia[/name_f], her sisters were [name_f]Naomi[/name_f], [name_u]Ruby[/name_u], [name_u]Marie[/name_u], and [name_u]Clarke[/name_u]. I always loved [name_u]Clarke[/name_u] because it stands out. I feel the same vide with [name_f]Cleo[/name_f].

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Maybe Cleo can be a nickname for Cecelia! Why not, right? Super cute names.

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[name_f]Cleome[/name_f] is another full name idea, but I think [name_f]Cleo[/name_f] works well with [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] and [name_f]Evelina[/name_f].

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Do you think it would work? Maybe it is a way too big stretch

I love the suggestion of [name_f]Cleopatra[/name_f] nn [name_f]Cleo[/name_f] because it sounds very different to [name_f]Cecelia[/name_f] even though they start with the same letter. I also like [name_f]Calliope[/name_f], [name_f]Cleora[/name_f], and [name_f]Cornelia[/name_f].
If you don’t like any of these [name_f]Cecelia[/name_f], [name_f]Evelina[/name_f], and [name_f]Cleo[/name_f] still work fine, although it is a bit of a stretch.

You could do [name_f]Cleo[/name_f] [name_f]Esmeralda[/name_f]?

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Ohhh I’m liking this one

I really do! I totally think it works - I love nicknames that don’t come exactly from the full first name… very cute!

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