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Nicest/least nice name between Hazel, Camille, Amber and Eleanor?

64 replies

AnicaWolf · 10/04/2018 23:45

I'd like to hear opinions. Thanks. I'm thinking I might like Camille best, but not certain fully.

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Buntysoven · 11/04/2018 23:24

Camille
Hazel
Amber
Eleanor. Really dislike this. It's very clunky to my ears.

UnaMagdalena · 11/04/2018 23:26

Dislike Camille, like the others.
Camelia is better.
Hazel my favourite.

Leeds2 · 11/04/2018 23:32

Eleanor, Hazel, Camille, Amber.

blinkineckmum · 11/04/2018 23:37

Amber

Marcipex · 12/04/2018 01:32

Amber
Eleanor
Camille
Hazel

villainousbroodmare · 12/04/2018 01:39

Hazel
Eleanor
Camille
...
...
Amber

yellowplumpreserves · 12/04/2018 01:56

Eleanor. It was on our list.

WyfOfBathe · 12/04/2018 02:01

Eleanor is my favourite, Amber my least favourite.

I like Camille in French, but it just sounds wrong to me with an English accent!

SheGotBetteDavisEyes · 12/04/2018 02:03

Camille is best! It's such a beautiful name.

I really don't like the others though, sorry. Hazel sounds so 1970's but not in a good way; Amber isn't great at all and I've never liked Eleanor, although my view is coloured by knowing two dreadful ones! Grin

MrsTerryPratchett · 12/04/2018 02:25

Amber is dreadful. The rest are fine.

NameChangedForThisQ · 12/04/2018 02:29

Hazel is gorgeous

sockunicorn · 12/04/2018 02:46

Camille
Hazel
Amber
Eleanor

MadMaryBoddington · 12/04/2018 06:55

Hazel and Amber are beautiful. I really don’t like Camille. Eleanor has been done to death.

gwen25 · 12/04/2018 08:06

I like Eleanor best
Then Camille
Hazel
Amber

Murine · 13/04/2018 18:44

Hazel
Amber
Eleanor
Camille

for me

Vibrola · 13/04/2018 18:46

Best -> worst

Eleanor
Hazel
Camille
Amber

MikeWyzowski · 13/04/2018 18:46

Camille, Hazel, Eleanor, Amber

pilates · 13/04/2018 18:58

Eleanor
Camille
Amber

Hazel, sorry awful

Coracao · 13/04/2018 19:02

Eleanor

clarrylove · 13/04/2018 19:04

Camisole or Hazel. Really dislike Elea-NER. Very harsh ending.

Banana8080 · 13/04/2018 22:40

Hazel is unusual and beautiful

mathanxiety · 14/04/2018 07:09

Amber is a hillbilly name - and not in a good way - in the US.

The rest, in order, imo:
Hazel
Eleanor
Camille

Padfoot100 · 14/04/2018 08:28

Eleanor
Camille
Hazel
Amber

GreyDuck · 14/04/2018 09:09

I'm a Hazel. I hated being called Hazelnut all through primary school. The most annoying thing was that every person who did it thought they were being original.
I love my name now though. It's unusual enough that I'm usually the only one, but I never have to repeat it or spell it.
I like your other choices too. I'm considering Eleanor for our list, but not sure if it's too popular. Although you'd hope she'd be called Eleanor Smith (or whatever) to differentiate, she might end up as Short Eleanor, Loud Eleanor etc

daisypond · 14/04/2018 09:23

I like Eleanor most. I do like Camille as well, but how will you pronounce it? Ka-MEEL or Kah-MEE? I'm not sure Kah-mee works very well in English, and Ka-meel just seems so wrong to me, as it's an obviously French name. Camilla is a much better bet, to my mind. Hazel and Amber are both OK-ish, though I'm not keen on either - both are very different types of names to the more classy, in my opinion, Eleanor and Camille.