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What Could Cissie/Cissy be short for?

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Belle56

Belle56 Report 4 Nov 2003 22:20

I had a aunt Cissy and her name was Ida.

Amber

Amber Report 4 Nov 2003 22:25

my nan was known as cissie but her name was Rose!! nobody in the family can tell me why

Florence

Florence Report 4 Nov 2003 22:58

My g aunt Priscilla was always known as Aunt Cissie

Dawn

Dawn Report 4 Nov 2003 23:07

Like Rosemary, I would say sis/sissy is cecilia. My dad had an aunt cecilia (Sis). Sarah.

Shirley

Shirley Report 4 Nov 2003 23:08

My husbands Aunt Cissie was Florence.

Darren

Darren Report 5 Nov 2003 00:26

cissie is derived from the name christine

Caroline

Caroline Report 5 Nov 2003 00:40

Just to add to the mix- In my family Cissie was in fact Catherine- who'd have thought that! Caroline

Kathleen

Kathleen Report 5 Nov 2003 01:37

My Auntie Cis was christened Alice Maud, but her siblings called her Cis as she was the eldest girl.

Sue

Sue Report 5 Nov 2003 10:21

Great Aunt Cissie was actually Marjorie Elizabeth. To confuse things even further her daughter was also called Cissie, so we had Big Cissie and Little Cissie! Sue

Tracey

Tracey Report 5 Nov 2003 11:33

Thanks to all that have responded, I have plenty of options to search with now!!

Jean

Jean Report 10 Feb 2005 08:43

in my tree cissy is for sarah