Thoughts on Cielle and middle names for it

Girl Names
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We are almost set on using Cielle for our next baby girl due in Oct (my OH is trying to find another “cutesy” spelling for it but I like it as is). We think it matches with our daughter Ayvi’s name as they’re pronounced as AV and CL and also Ayvi means [name_f]Sun[/name_f] while Cielle means [name_u]Sky[/name_u].

We’re not sure what middle names to use. Our almost 1-year-old is called Ayvi Joliet Safiri. Ayvi and Joliet being her first names with Safiri as her middle. We’d like another place name like Joliet, preferably in the [name_f]Missouri[/name_f]/ Illinois area but so far all we have found that we like is [name_f]Iola[/name_f] which isn’t in either.

Other names we like are :
*[name_u]Mika[/name_u] / Meika / [name_f]Meeka[/name_f]
*[name_f]Myla[/name_f]
[name_f]Beah[/name_f]
[name_f]Zahava[/name_f]
[name_f]Kalila[/name_f]
*[name_f]Marlea[/name_f] / Marliyah
[name_f]Attalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Zuleika[/name_f]
[name_f]Tatiyana[/name_f]
*[name_f]Lilac[/name_f]
[name_f]Azalea[/name_f]
[name_f]Naia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cala[/name_f]
*[name_f]Parisa[/name_f] / Parissa
[name_f]Samara[/name_f]
*[name_u]Rae[/name_u]
[name_f]Noa[/name_f]
[name_u]Alijah[/name_u]
*[name_f]Sahar[/name_f]
[name_f]Laelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Liberty[/name_f]
[name_f]Iola[/name_f]

  • = names we’ve considered as first names

So what do you think of Cielle and what would go nicely with it? One or two of these, a suggestion, or place name? Also for my OH what other spellings could be used for Cielle, I can’t think of any that aren’t going to change the way it is pronounced?

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I’ve only ever seen the [name_f]Ciel[/name_f] spelling used, though if you don’t live in a [name_m]French[/name_m]-speaking place, I kind of think people might be more likely to pronounce Cielle properly than [name_f]Ciel[/name_f].

I don’t know a thing about [name_f]Missouri[/name_f]/Illinois place names.

I love the idea of [name_f]Lilac[/name_f], though probably not with [name_f]Ciel[/name_f] or Cielle because together they sound like you’re describing a lilac-coloured sky.

From your list, I’m really liking [name_f]Zuleika[/name_f] for you guys - a legitimate, properly-spelled but really unusual, funky name. Cielle [name_f]Zuleika[/name_f]? Cielle [name_f]Zuleika[/name_f] [name_f]Sahar[/name_f]? You may also like Malaika.

If I could vote a few names off your list: [name_u]Alijah[/name_u] looks like a misspelling of the very well-known [name_m]Elijah[/name_m]; [name_f]Attalie[/name_f] looks like [name_f]Natalie[/name_f]-without-the-N and doesn’t sound great to me anyway (I know it’s got a different origin than [name_f]Natalie[/name_f], but with [name_f]Natalie[/name_f] being quite well-known and [name_f]Attalie[/name_f] and [name_f]Athalia[/name_f] being far more obscure I don’t think people would react favourably to it); [name_u]Rae[/name_u] (which feels really cheesy with Cielle - like, the sky’s ray).

I’d also take out either the Y or the I in [name_f]Tatiyana[/name_f] - having them both there feels superfluous - but generally I do think it’s an awesome name.