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Camille or Camilla?

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seven201 · 18/07/2017 22:38

Camille

Ragusa · 18/07/2017 22:24

Camille. By a million miles. Sounds so much nicer. AND she will share the name if one of France's best current singers, Camille Delmais check out her album, Ouï

MikeUniformMike · 18/07/2017 13:44

Cami Knickers

CharleyAnn · 18/07/2017 13:43

Camille is beautiful. The nn Cammie is cute too.

Suggestion: I've recently heard the name Callia and fell in love with that name and Camille sort of reminded me of it again.

laGrosellaEspinosa · 18/07/2017 09:37

Camilla - little bed, Parker-Bowles, over flowing ashtrays and pearls
Camille - Camel in a English accent, can you persuade people to put on a French accent every time they say your child's name?

Although it is Apanish/Catalan I think Camèlia still works better in the UK too.

Decaffstilltastesweird · 18/07/2017 08:03

Camila is nice too.

KenDoddsDadsDog · 18/07/2017 06:49

Camille

DownUdderer · 18/07/2017 06:47

Camille

Zumbumba · 17/07/2017 16:29

Would you consider the Brazilian version: Camila? Pronounced cah-MEE-la. Really like it.

FinnegansCake · 17/07/2017 12:46

Camilla, it's a lovely name.

Camille would cause pronunciation problems. Cam-eel just sounds wrong, the French way is soft and pretty. It is a unisex name in France, there's a strapping male swimmer with that name.

AmysTiara · 17/07/2017 10:02

Camille.

I do like Camilla as well but the Charles connection puts me off.

RockyBird · 17/07/2017 09:58

Camille is beautiful

ImADingleDangleScarecrow · 17/07/2017 09:50

I like Camille. I know one who pronounces her name Cam - eel. I like though if you wanted it pronounced Cam-eee you and your DD would have a life time of having to correct people.

Zippea · 17/07/2017 08:27

Hi

I have a Camilla Rose and (naturally!) I think her name is beautiful!

She is rarely called Cammy but is called Millie quite a lot.

It is a name which caused a lot of comments when I first named her - people will have strong views (most seem to relate to Camilla of Cornwall). Camille never occurred to use as a name us
Good luck!

pilates · 17/07/2017 08:12

Camille

Cami12 · 17/07/2017 04:52

Camille by a hairs breadth, but both are fantastic. Camille is slightly more 'chic' and Camilla slightly more 'pretty' I think?

Pinkandgreenandblue · 16/07/2017 23:05

I'm a Camille living in England. My name is pronounced the French way (Cam-ee) but everyone English that I know (including old/best friends) says it more like Cammy and I use Cam-eel for work as it's simpler! People invariably hear 'Kelly' on the phone if I say Cam-ee. So really only my mum and other French people say my name correctly. I love my name but it is hard work sometimes!

Hairq · 16/07/2017 22:35

How about Camellia? (Like the flower)

NoSquirrels · 16/07/2017 22:16

Camille.

Which surprises me, as my gut reaction, as I'd usually go for the traditional English. But Camilla just doesn't sit right whereas I find Camille beautiful.

You'll get the same nicknames anyway. Millie, perhaps?

KoalaDownUnder · 16/07/2017 21:55

Camille.

Wilhelminaaa · 16/07/2017 20:00

Definitely Camille.

MikeUniformMike · 16/07/2017 14:43

Both are nice. I would go with Camille (Cameel). Either is highly likely to be shortened to Cam, which I don't like.

CherryBees · 16/07/2017 14:12

Camilla is beautiful.

NoncommittalToSparkleMotion · 15/07/2017 03:11

Camille sounds much more gentle to me.

TurquoiseOwl · 15/07/2017 02:05

Camilla