How do you say Camille (UK)

[Emz555]

I'd love to use it for my second daughter, but the pronunciation is what's giving me second thoughts.

I know that the correct French pronunciation is Ka-me, but if you're not French and live in the UK can you adopt that do you think?

Then there's the Ka-mil vs ka-meel debate, it just doesn't seem an easy name choice but I still love it!

Ka-meel.

Ka-meel.

Ka-meel. My friend's daughter has this name and her nickname is 'Meely' which I always think sounds awful.

Cah-meal, emphasis on the second part

ka-mil and ka-meel are pronounced the same to me. I would say mil like milk without the k.

Ka-Mill
Its a beautiful name

Ka-Meel.

The ‘meel’ bit is longer then the sound in milk, but not quite two syllables.

I know a fabulous Camille (with Francophone heritage), who is sometimes a Cam. Agree with PP that Meely isn’t very nice!

Ca meel

lovely name

My friend has this name and goes by ka-meel which seems to be the most common pronunciation around here.

Ka-mill, emphasis on 'Ka'

I know one who pronounced it Ca-meel. Emphasis Ca-MEEL.

pretty name.

ka-meal rather than ka-mill

Ka-meel

Almost as if the second syllable had a y in it? Like meeyl?

Actually this is how I pronounce it 'ca-meeyl'

Ca me (don't pronounce the L) as it's a French name.

Camilla is the English version

Cah- meal but the emphasis on the meal

Ka -meel, with the stress on the second syllable.

Kameel is a popular boys name in Arabic

I would say KA-me because that's how the person I know with the name pronounce it. Like a cami top. She isn't French. As far as I know, she hasn't had a big problem with people calling her Ca-MIL since she introduces herself as KA-me.

My Sister’s SIL has this name and is known as Camel, it’s a nickname, but nonetheless it would put me off.

cah-MIL

with the emphasis on the second syllable, which I think is standard in the UK. Some UK accents will butcher further eg estuary - cuh-MEE-UL

I think Camilla does work better in most UK accents.

Kam eel, same as in 'camellia'

I'd say Cam-eel, although I do know the French pronunciation from watching Death in Paradise. I'd guess the anglicised pronunciation first, unless you were actually French — I'd guess Dzhenna-veev for Genevieve first too.

Ka-MEEL