Camila or Camilla?

[DrCatherine]

Hi all,

Thanks so much for helping me on the other thread.

I just wanted to check in and ask which you preferred:

Camila pronounced: cam-mee-la (no duchess connection!)

Or Camilla (cam-mill-la)

Older sibling is Isabella.

Thanks

If you must go with the name.. Go for whiever spelling the awful woman doesn't use.

Whatever*

Camila (a spelling I have never encountered before) will spend her life clarifying and correcting.
I know a Jamila (Brazilian) so I am thinking that Camila is along the same lines? In what part of the world are people called Camila?

It’s spanish/Portuguese...Brazilian makes sense

Camilla.

(Though to my ears both sound a bit 'samey' with Isabella.)

If you're based in the UK I'd go with Camilla or else she'll have to spend her whole life correcting people's spelling/pronunciation of her name.

Camila just looks like a spelling mistake.

So Camilla.

How about Camille instead if you don’t want any duchess connection?

Camilla

I have a lovely friend named Camellia (like the flower)

Camellia is lovely

Camilla. Camila looks a bit odd alongside Isabella to me. Camilla is a lovely name.

I agree that Camellia is much nicer! Plus Camila would be pronounced the same as Camilla anyway.

Camilla but also think Camellia is a beautiful name.

I wouldn't go for the name at all to be honest - makes me think of the grumpy old duchess. Camelia on the other hand is beautiful.

I don’t think the unusual spelling because it’ll be a lifetime of misspellings

Have you considered Camille ? I think this is really sweet

I prefer Camila. I doubt very much the next/younger generation will have spelling or pronounciation issues with it due to the singer.

Camilla

I like it pronounced Cam-Mila. But I dont love it with Isabella. I like Camille better, it's not as matchy to Isabella.

I prefer Camilla. Lovely name either way!

I really like Camilla.

The Duchess connection wouldn’t bother me. She’s not a murderer or porn star (which is where my personal line gets drawn in terms of names).

Camilla to avoid future frustration. You would probably find most people would suspect a typo and “correct” Camila to Camilla, anyway.
I also like Camelia and Camille.. If you call her Camelia you can nn her Camila or Camil pronounced as in Camila