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Post by Jean Jeanie » Thu Sep 28, 2006 5:59 pm

I've looked in http://www.whatsinaname.net/index.html but does anyone have any other suggestions as to what the name could be?

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thistle
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Post by thistle » Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:08 pm

I have a Cecilia that was called Cissy.
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Post by GailKM » Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:31 pm

Don't know if this will help. One of my relatives was called Cissie, however, her real name was Rachel.
Have no idea how she ended up being called "Cissie", and it turns out that she never liked that name!

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Post by Tracey » Thu Sep 28, 2006 6:42 pm

One thing i didnt know and have just seen on that web site is
Elizabeth is the same as Isabel/Isobel in Scotland
Appologies for diverting

Could Cissie also be a pet name - as in sister :?:
Scotland - Donaldson / Moggach / Shaw / Geddes / Sim / Gray / Mackie / Richards / Joel / Coull / Mckimmie / Panton / McGregor
Ireland and Scotland - Casey / McDade / Phillips / McCandle / Dinely / Comaskey + various spellings
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Post by SarahND » Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:37 pm

To briefly follow Tracey's diversion...
Elizabeth is the same as Isabel/Isobel in Scotland
I was just researching a family where the mother's name varied from Isobel to Elizabeth back and forth on the children's birth certificates, so am glad to see this confirmed!
Could Cissie also be a pet name - as in sister :?:
I was going to suggest this also. I have known Cissies with that etymology (at least in the U.S. "Sissie" means something unflattering, so one could see why they would go for the spelling with "C".)
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Post by karenc » Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:07 pm

Hi,

The only cissie i have was a sarah

karen
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Post by bluebell2go » Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:21 pm

Have you thought of Frances?
Lockhart Pitkethly Mackie McMail Woodburn
Stead McIlwain Burns Brown Moreland Thomson
Gallacher Cowan Craig McWilliam McBroom McWhinnie Paterson Dawson Gribben Binnie
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Post by paddyscar » Thu Sep 28, 2006 8:24 pm

I had a childhood friend who was Cissie - and her name was Frances. I know Cissie as a reference to Christine.

Frances
John Kelly (b 22 Sep 1897) eldest child of John Kelly & Christina Lipsett Kelly of Glasgow
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Post by emanday » Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:02 pm

One of my great aunts was Sarah, but she was always called Cissie.
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CISSIE

Post by Mykayla's Gran » Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:05 pm

My aunt was known all her life as Cissie, the only Cissie I ever came across. Her given name was Sarah.

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