> I don't think I can take Cissie or Sissy on board as a pet name for > Jessie; it's generally thought to be for Cecily, as I understand it. I reckon that Cis or Cissie is much commoner than Cecily or Cecilia ever was. I have a Cissie whose birth certificate calls her Lizzie! I suspect that Cis(sie) is a bit like Bunty - a nickname that doesn't have any specific association with a particular given name. Anne