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Thoughts on Camille

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mommyandmore · 04/12/2024 22:00

We have number 2 on the way! What are people's views on the name Camille NN Cami? We are after something elegant but not too frilly and something that will carry them well from childhood to adulthood. How do you imagine someone with the name Camille? Thank you all in advance!

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laalaaleelee · 05/12/2024 13:54

Is what khloe Kardashian named her camel toe. I wouldn't be able to think of anything else 😂

Flustration · 05/12/2024 12:20

MerryChristmasToYou · 05/12/2024 08:59

. I think most people would know how to pronounce it. because everyone is familiar with French and watches Call My Agent and Emily in Paris. Hmm

I think you misunderstood my post (and was unnecessarily rude)

IME it is a well-known French name and very easy to understand and pronounce for a native English speaker.

I also, separately, think it is experiencing upswing in popularity in the UK. I know a 2-month old baby Camille and her parents say they have already met another baby Camille. Anecdotal, but there does tend to be a link between popular TV shows and baby names.

MerryChristmasToYou · 05/12/2024 09:51

@WillowTit , the Camilles I know are Cam-eel. Some are French heritage, and are male - they may have anglicised the pronunciation.
I've never seen EiP, CMA or DiP. I have enough French to know -ille is not quite -ee and is sometimes -eel.
The Hmm was at the 'most people'.

If you say it as it looks, it's too close to Camel.

WaneyEdge · 05/12/2024 09:06

I don’t mind it, reminds me of Death in Paradise though and not sure how it would sound in an English accent.

Ihavesomeideas · 05/12/2024 09:03

There will be lots of Cami's because of Emily in Paris . It sounds amazing in their French accent.

BerriesCones · 05/12/2024 09:01

I like Camille but nor camilla

WillowTit · 05/12/2024 09:00

@MerryChristmasToYou
do you mean Hmm
this is baby names not place for Hmm

MerryChristmasToYou · 05/12/2024 08:59

. I think most people would know how to pronounce it. because everyone is familiar with French and watches Call My Agent and Emily in Paris. Hmm

WillowTit · 05/12/2024 08:39

and Call My Agent

Flustration · 05/12/2024 07:53

I absolutely love it. I think it's about to get a little more popular in the UK due to Emily in Paris. I think most people would know how to pronounce it.

I know a 2 month old Camille and a teen Camilla. I love both names.

Calliopespa · 05/12/2024 07:44

MotherOfCrocodiles · 05/12/2024 07:41

I think in French you would hear a very subtle "y" sound where the "ll" is written. As an English person pronouncing it, it would probably just sound like Camee.

Yes. It’s more or less camee-ya.

I think it is a girl’s name predominantly

MrsBobtonTrent · 05/12/2024 07:43

I just think of Red Dwarf. Soz

MotherOfCrocodiles · 05/12/2024 07:41

I think in French you would hear a very subtle "y" sound where the "ll" is written. As an English person pronouncing it, it would probably just sound like Camee.

MerryChristmasToYou · 05/12/2024 07:41

Cami-knickers

Calliopespa · 05/12/2024 07:41

ApoodlecalledPenny · 04/12/2024 23:00

But French people don’t pronounce it Camee do they? It’s not quite a Cameal, but you do hear the L.

You don’t quite hear it.

NewGreenDuck · 05/12/2024 07:35

I always think of it as being a boys name though. I've met several European men with the name but no females.

WillowTit · 05/12/2024 07:25

i love camille

LaChatte · 05/12/2024 07:14

ApoodlecalledPenny · 04/12/2024 23:00

But French people don’t pronounce it Camee do they? It’s not quite a Cameal, but you do hear the L.

Definitely Camee in French, trying to think of any regional dialects where you'd hear the L but none coming to mind off the top of my head.

AppleDumplingWithCustard · 05/12/2024 06:52

I love it. My neighbours have just called their first baby Camille.

sel2223 · 05/12/2024 06:38

I love Camile, beautiful name, very classical

Colourblinds · 05/12/2024 04:40

The Camille I know is called Cam as a nickname.

Snaccidental · 04/12/2024 23:21

I like both :) I know a Camille NN Cami

theduchessofspork · 04/12/2024 23:15

Scutterbug · 04/12/2024 22:00

I’m not a fan of Camille but weirdly I love Camilla!

Same, I think generally the French versions of names don't work so well in an English accent.

Cami is a bit knicker adjacent though

ApoodlecalledPenny · 04/12/2024 23:00

But French people don’t pronounce it Camee do they? It’s not quite a Cameal, but you do hear the L.