Camilla - people's view...

Love it!

I like Camilla. Camille is OK.

Camilla lovely but i would not shorten in to milly
Camille heaven!

Camille is poncy which is far worse than horsey posh. And it's not a very nice name. Camilla Parker-Horse may be nearly queen but then who will remember or give a toss what her name used to be?

Don't forget CPB will be the feckin queen, not just some horsey posh bird on the cover of the Daily Mail.

Go with Camille, lovely but much less horsey posh

I like Camilla, but would avoid it if you have a double barrelled surname though.

Personally I prefer the nn Milla. Its a bit more grown up in my opinion, so could still be used when she's older.

I love Camilla (with Milla as the nn). However, DH vetoed it for me. When I suggested it, he simply said "Parker-Bowles" and raised his eyes to heaven!

Oh and regarding Camille - it is lovely too and one of those conveniently short but still pretty names.

The only possible problem is that there can be a bit of a problem with names ending in an L sound depending on where you live.

If you live in an area where some people have a cockney or estuary accent then some will pronounce L-ending words as a W, which to my ear really spoils them.

For example, I knew a boy with the name Joel but most of the people that knew him (parents included) called him something like Jow) which I thought ruined a lovely name.

I love Camilla [quickly adds it to shortlist] and wouldn't worry too much about the CPB connection. I think people quickly forget that kind of thing once they know a person. I'm not personally mad keen on Milly (poss just cos I know an awful one!) but think Milla or Cam are great nns.

Magaly - I agree it does make it harder for people to give their honest opinion if they dislike the name but I think there are ways of saying politely that the name is not for you (and the people that have said they've named their DC that name do have to expect some negatives comments about it). I personally like it when people say they've named their own DC Blah, as it's really helpful when you're sizing up names to know the experiences of parents who chose that name.

Incidentally, Padraig's insult wasn't even about the name the OP was asking about. It was just a rude and irrelevant comment imo.

I love it - Camilla is a beautiful name.

I shall never forget the V. posh private-school-girl Camilla who I went to Ballet with. The teacher loved her, the teacher did NOT like me (wrong side of the tracks, me) If I listened to the teacher, I was a little elephant next to the willowy form of the gazelle-like Camilla.

Camilla and I took our first exam and both ended up with the top marks in the class. Together.

the teacher's face was an absolute picture when she told us. It was my first lesson in discrimination and I've never forgotten it

Anyway, my ballet Camilla was a lovely girl

and I still love the name partly because of her and partly because of what it taught me about life

sorry for this irrelevant ramble, but some names.....

I don't think people should mention their child's name is blah on a thread about the name BLAH.

it stops everybody else giving their real opinion. JMVHO

(you can say your child's name if you want, on a thread not about that name)

I like it but

and you know what the but is.

Maybe Camellia? like the flower. Prefer that.

I prefer Camille to Camilla.

Milly is a pretty, although v popular, nn for Camilla.

I have a friend called Camille and she is often known as Cam.

Camilla is lovely. I went to school with a gorgeous Camilla, blonde hair, olive skin, I was soooo jealous I wouldn't particularly think Parker Bowles either and contemporaries of your dd certainly won't. She'll have snuffed it or have a different title by then

I like Camilla a lot, despite the Parker-Bowles woman. The little Polish Camilla I know is known as Meela/Mila by her family.

I prefer Camille. I'm not into public school kind of names and Camille has a bit more continental allure, think Greta Garbo too.

Oh, and FWIW, to those suggesting Cammy/Cami - children will rhyme this with Clammy and you will be Clammy Cammy....IME.

Milly and Millie and Mils are okay.

I am Camilla, have been Milly for short since university (I didn't start it, but I encouraged it after many years at school of being teased mercilessly for my name!)

I now go by Milly in everything except a professional capacity, don't think it's "twee" just think it's slightly easier to live with on a daily basis.

However, for a kid being born now, they won't get the Camilla Parker-Bowles connection anything like as much as I did (am 26 now).

I think it's a great name, but has always seemed to me like a name I will "grow into" more than most other people had to.

Oh, and do decide on a nickname early on. Because trying at 18 to change what your friends call you, or trying to cope with two sets of people calling you two separate things, is tricky!!

Best of luck with deciding! xx

Prefer Camille. Like the others, Camilla is now forever associated in my mind with Horse Face.

And, Camille could be shortened to Cami or something which is cute

Agree about CPB connotations. Go for Camille - it's beautiful.

That's the trouble with the internet though isn't it

I thought potential names were fair game for honest opinions, but that it's really uncalled for to be so frank on names that have actually been bestowed?

Camilla - I like it, although yes, it does have vairrr posh connotations...

No, Fifi is Bob Geldof's daughter's name, never yet met a poodle called it outside of Bunty magazine! I do think it's cute for a very little girl but probably wouldn't use it past the age of 6.
I just don't think you should have slagged her dd's name off to her ( virtual!) face when she hadn't asked anyone's opinion on it.