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Camille - lovely or awful?

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abitlikemollflanders · 05/11/2011 21:47

Pregnancy naming hormones going mad. Our daughter is due in 2 weeks and we can't agree on any names.
My husband loves Camille (nn Cammy) - I am warming to it but wondering whether I will regret it later?
Do you like it?

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BeeBread · 11/11/2011 12:41

I love love Camille. I would have used it but am having a boy.

legallyblond · 11/11/2011 12:34

I do love Camille, but only the French pronounciation. I think you would get lots of "Cam-meal", which I don't like.

Cammy as nn is not good. It sounds like Clammy. I prefer Milly.

TidyDancer · 06/11/2011 12:53

Beautiful.

diddl · 06/11/2011 11:28

I really like it, but loathe Cammy.

Willowisp · 06/11/2011 11:07

GreyTS - thanks !

Montsti · 06/11/2011 10:32

Lovely name, but also not keen on Cammy/Cami.

Towndon · 06/11/2011 10:19

Camille is nice. Not Cami/cammy though - too similar to camisole.

Rhubarbgarden · 06/11/2011 09:17

Awful. Parker Bowles to me.

SlinkingOutsideInSocks · 06/11/2011 08:12

Beautiful name. Really don't like Cammy though - way to ruin a truly lovely name. Sort of like shortening Isabelle to Izzy.

RosalindFranklinsNobelPrize · 06/11/2011 06:51

I prefer Cecile.

GreyTS · 06/11/2011 04:39

Ka'mee (Ka'mi) as opposed to the English Ka'meel (Ka'mil)

whatever117 · 06/11/2011 03:44

Love it - and dont NN it!

Italiangreyhound · 06/11/2011 03:02

Love it.

Willowisp · 06/11/2011 00:14

Greyts, what is the French way ?

Fo0ffyShmooffer · 05/11/2011 22:58

Love it but hate the nn Cammy/Cami. If you use a lovely name like that don't shorten it.

NatashaBee · 05/11/2011 22:54

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Abcinthia · 05/11/2011 22:44

I love Camille. It's a beautiful name.

GreyTS · 05/11/2011 22:41

I love it but I have a Camille nn Cami, so I really hope you live nowhere near me! The reason we use Cami is that we pronounce our daughters name the French way so to most people it sounds like Cami.

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abitlikemollflanders · 05/11/2011 22:32

Oh wow! DH doesn't seem to have chosen to badly! I thought everyone was going to hate it/tell me it's chavvy.
RL opinion (MIL)might not think it's too bad then!

It has grown on me over the pregnancy and I think we will go with it. The more I say it the more beautiful it sounds to me. I don't really like NNs as a rule but DH keeps calling bump Cammy...-I think in an effort to win me round. It seems to have worked.

Thanks for taking the time to comment, they have been reassuring.

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Theala · 05/11/2011 22:31

Camille is a boy's name where I live, but is equally beautiful as a girl's name, imo.

Willowisp · 05/11/2011 22:27

My dd's middle name is Camille. It's a lovely name, but I do find it quite difficult to say, Camillllllllle.

I actually prefer Camilla but was vetoed by DH Sad as a first name. There is a beautiful little girl at school with the name Camilla & I'm sure no one is thinking of the Duchess when they use her name.

There is a model called Camilla Belle & I always feel a bit wistful when I read her name.....

Agree with not shortening it though, people will assume dd's name is Cameron.

LaFilleSurLePont · 05/11/2011 22:25

Beautiful.

FoxyRevenger · 05/11/2011 22:20

Lovely Smile

Although, I know one baby named Camille and she is always called 'Mealy'

Please don't do that...

lostlady · 05/11/2011 22:19

Love it, but please don't do nn Cammy- beautiful name, just use it Smile

kitya · 05/11/2011 22:17

Its a lovely name but, I knew a horrible one so Im put off it but, thats just me!! It is going to get popular as there's a singer out called Camille and she is going to be big.