• Cecilia
  • Latinate feminine form of the Roman family name Caecilius. Saint Cecilia was a semi-legendary 2nd- or 3rd-century martyr who was sentenced to die because she refused to worship the Roman gods. After attempts to suffocate her failed, she was beheaded. She was later regarded as the patron saint of music and musicians. Due to the popularity of the saint, the name became common in the Christian world during the Middle Ages. The Normans brought it to England, where it was commonly spelled Cecily - the Latinate form Cecilia came into use in the 18th century.
  • Origin: Latin
  • Meaning: Blind
  • Popularity: Rank 206
  • Reasons I hold back: do I like it enough? Do I like it as much as Cecily?

• Girls:
  • Zoe Helena
  • Jane Calliope
  • Cecily "Ceci, Cece, Cissy" Jane
  • Marta Florence
  • Ariadne "Ada, Addie, Ari, Aria, Nini" Helena
  • Elizabeth "Bet, Birdie, Bizzie, Elsa, Elsie, Libby, Lilibet, Lilibeth, Lissy, Tibby, Zibby, Zizzie" Margo
  • Athena "Nina, Thea" Vesper
  • Petra Evangeline
  • Susannah "Susie, Sunny, Zanna, Zuzu" Kate
  • Mary Athena
  • Margo Elizabeth
  • Natalia "Tallie, Talia, Tilly" Clare
  • Isabel "Isby, Ibby" Cosima
  • Eulalie "Eulie, Lalie, Lula, Lulu"
  • Emma Felicity

• (Names I'll Never Be Able To Use On My Kids But I Still Love)
• Girls
  • Thisbe
    • Greek tragic myth name, retold by Ovid. The story tells of the love of Pyramus and Thisbe, and was the inspiration for Romeo and Juliet.
    • Origin: Greek
    • Meaning: Unknown
    • Popularity: Not Currently in the top 1000.
  • Esmé
    • Old French unisex name
    • Origin: French
    • Meaning: Esteemed or loved
    • Popularity: Rank 977 (USA 2012)
  • Cassiopeia

• Girls:

Main:

• Aria
• Audra
• Calixta (nn Callie, Cal)
• Charlotte (nn Jane)
• Cora
• Emmeline (nn Emi, Em, Emma, Lena)
• Lumina (nn Lumi)
• Marcella (nn Cella, Cellie, M&M, Mazzy)
• Nerea (nn Rea)

Not Main

• Adriana (s)
• Alara (m)
• Alessa (m)

• Dimitri
  • Variant of Dmitriy, the Russian form of Demetrius
  • Origin: Greek
  • Meaning: Follower of Demeter
  • Popularity: Rank 882
• Linus
  • In Greek legend he was the son of the god Apollo, who accidentally killed him in a contest. Another son of Apollo by this name was the music teacher of Herakles. The name was also borne by the second pope, serving after Saint Peter in the 1st century. In modern times it was the name of a character in Charles Schulz's comic strip 'Peanuts'.
  • Origin: Greek
  • Meaning: Flax
  • Popularity: Not currently in the top 1000...

A

• Alice
• Augustus

B

• Briseis
• Basil

C

• Calliope
• Cassius

D

• Daphne
• Dimitri

E

• USA (2013)
  • Emma
  • Elizabeth
  • Alexander
• Australia (2012)
  • Charlotte
  • Jack
  • Lachlan
  • Thomas
  • James
• Austria (2012)
  • Lena
  • Emma
  • Leonie
  • Tobias
  • Felix
  • Jonas
  • Paul

• Zoe
  • From the Greek word Ζωη, also adopted by Hellenized Jews as a translation of Eve.
  • Origin: Greek
  • Meaning: Life
  • Popularity: Rank 32
• Jane
  • The most popular feminine form of John
  • Origin: Hebrew
  • Meaning: God is Gracious
  • Popularity: Rank 322
• Cecily
  • English form of Cecilia. This was the usual English form during the Middle Ages.
  • Origin: Latin
  • Meaning: Blind?
  • Popularity: Not currently in the top 1000...