Camilla/Camille

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Hello everyone. Which is everyone’s preference? Mine is Camille, however I am worried about the different pronounciations!

do you hear the French or English pronunciation when you hear the name?

many thanks!

I love Camille & don’t like Camilla.

I’ve only ever heard Camille pronounced Kuh meel.

Camile - i think most people can pronounce it

That’s how I would pronounce too, never heard of any other options

I think they are both beautiful underused names.

It's a gorgeous name and I'd pronounce like this. Never heard another way.

Love Camille. I would pronounce it ca-mill

Ca-mill

Camile and pronounce it the French way, not the common way!

Camille could be said several different ways, which would annoy you and the child!

Camilla makes me think of the queen.

I'm not very keen on Camilla as a name but Camille is just beautiful.

It's just so evocative of the lovely camellia flowers with their wonderful smell and also the Dumas novel " The lady of the Camellias" which was known as " Camille."

I've never heard Camille pronounced any other way than with the French pronunciation.

I don't like Camilla due to someone I didn't like as a child. Camile is nicer. I would pronounce it Cam-eel.

Camille to me is pronounced Cammy.
Maybe Ca-meel.

Not ‘Kuh’, ‘Ca’ like Camel.

Definitely emphasis on first syllable.

So I’d say there will be lots of ‘wrong’ pronunciations, whichever way you pronounce it!

Camille is interestingly a unisex name in France and French speaking countries.

I've never heard it pronounced this way, I'd pronounce it ca-meel

I love both! If I had to pick one then it’s Camille. So pretty. I would have pronounced it Ca-mill ( not camel!) but maybe that’s incorrect.

Camilla...camille sounds pretentious or silly unless you are french.

I love Camille, I think because I love Camille Bordey, a character in Death in Paradise. Pronounced Ca-meel.

Camille to me is pronounced Cammy.

🤔

Camille is interestingly a unisex name in France and French speaking countries.

I thought it was a boys name that girls nicked but like Aubrey or Harper ?

Ca-MEE, in a French accent, I think is what that poster was getting at!

I don't like either tbh. And Camille in a strong London accent where the L is kind of swallowed (it has a name I can't pinpoint at the mo) would be horrible.

I know two Camille's - gorgeous name. Pronounced Ca-meel