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Nicest name between Hazel and Camille?

59 replies

AnicaWolf · 11/04/2018 00:17

I promise this will be the last one lol. I've officially decided it's between these two names. Middle name is Eve. So it's between Hazel Eve or Camille Eve.

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MrsBungle · 11/04/2018 22:06

Camille. I find Hazel very frumpy.

chezmk1988 · 11/04/2018 22:03

Hazel

RavenWings · 11/04/2018 21:51

Both don't really gel with Eve. Hazel by a whisker, maybe.

DanceDisaster · 11/04/2018 21:40

Hazel.

I like both though.

BunnyEars1 · 11/04/2018 21:33

Hazel by a country mile!

FizzyGreenWater · 11/04/2018 17:16

Neither work AT ALL with Eve.

Eva Camille?

Camilla Evangeline?

PinkAvocado · 11/04/2018 17:15

I think Hazel goes marginally better with Eve but I prefer the name Camille. How do you pn Camille? I know one who pronounces it Kameel and one who pn it mee at the end (no L).

I prefer Camilla and that goes best with Eve I think!

NordicNobody · 11/04/2018 17:08

I love hazel - it was my grandmothers name. But I don't really think either name works with Eve, sorry. They both just run together too much. My grandmothers middle name was Anne - Hazel Anne - which I think is lovely.

SumAndSubstance · 11/04/2018 17:06

I think they’re both quite difficult with Eve. Hazel Eve makes me think of Ibuleve. I like both first names though, but agree Camille has pronunciation issues.

DarkBlueEyes · 11/04/2018 17:00

Hazel is/was my mother's name and is my daughter's middle name so to be fair I'm biased. I also like Camille, but I really feel brighter of them go with Eve. If you say them out loud you get Haze ill leave. And Camel leave.

Back to the drawing board. How about Camille Hazel? Or Hazel Camille? Or a different middle name hat starts with a consonant like Hazel Grace. Or even Hazel Grace Eve.

vitaminC · 11/04/2018 16:43

I live in France and it seems like 50% of 18-25 year old females are called Camille around here (the other 50% are Manon!), so it just sounds boring to me these days.

Hazel is nicer, but doesn't go with Eve.

I think I actually prefer Eve as the first name. Eve Hazel? Eve Camille? Both sound better than the other way round.

Punksparkle · 11/04/2018 16:38

Camille is my favourite name. What about Louise as a second name?

pilates · 11/04/2018 16:35

Camille is pretty, Hazel is frumpy

cansu · 11/04/2018 15:20

Eve doesn't go with either of them though as a middle name.
I think I prefer Camille but I can't say that I like it.

FizzyGreenWater · 11/04/2018 15:16

I loathe Hazel - the sound, the shape of it - so frumpy and hard.

So Camille, though I don't love it. Two VERY different names OP!

YourVagesty · 11/04/2018 14:55

Camille

Murine · 11/04/2018 14:13

Hazel

HermioneGrace · 11/04/2018 13:27

Camille

gwen25 · 11/04/2018 13:24

Camille!

Buxbaum · 11/04/2018 10:51

this True - I’m reading a book on the French Revolution at the moment so my immediate association with Camille is Desmoulins.

pipilang assuming OP is in the UK the French pronunciation would most likely anglicise to ka-meel, just as Chloë and Zoë have been semi-anglicised (English speakers tend to pronounce the diaeresis rather than form a diphthong, but the sound is slightly different to native French).

ThisIsTheFirstStep · 11/04/2018 10:39

bux Camille is used as a girl’s name in France too.

pipilangstrumpf · 11/04/2018 10:32

Would you pronounce ka-MILL or ka-MEEL?

Neither way in French

pipilangstrumpf · 11/04/2018 10:31

I would pronounce Camille as Kah-mee, the French way. In English I prefer Camilla.

catsofa · 11/04/2018 10:26

My son would have been Hazel if he'd been a girl, so that's my vote. Camille = camel.

starkid · 11/04/2018 10:23

Hazel!

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