Camille, Winnie, Nellie

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Hey everyone. Camille, Winnie and Nellie are our current top contenders for our little girl. Just came on here to hear some thoughts/any name similarities you may have. Thank you!

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Camille is just gorgeous. Far nicer than the others

It's amazing to see all these very old -fashioned diminutive names making a comeback.
Personally, not a fan of any of the 3, but as was suggested by a PP, Helen, Helena, and Eleanor are lovely for child, and also for an adult woman.

I knew a Nellie who was really Helen and a Winnie who was really Winifred. So I think of them as nicknames (both ladies would be about 100 now if they were still with us).

I love Winnie it's just so lovely

I have a short name as a full name and beg you to use Winifred or Eleanor/Eleanora on the BC if you go that route.

I like all of those names

Love Winnie and Nellie

I like Camille, but only if pronounced the French way tbh. Not keen on 'Cameel'.

I love Camille. Sounds very sophisticated. The others don't although Nell is OK. Reminds me of Dickens' Little Nell.
I also like Petronella and Delphine that pp's suggested.

Nellie = elephant
Winnie = pooh

Camille, not a favourite but Cammie as a nickname is lovely.
Winnie, too horsey, sorry.
Nellie, elephant, I just can’t. Love Eleanor or Helena though and Nel for either as a nickname.

Camille is nice enough (although I personally prefer Camilla). And I like simple, pretty Nell - but Nellie is an elephant to many people and Winnie is the Pooh. May or may not cause teasing, as kids might not be aware of the references or care - but personally I wouldn’t risk it and would stick with Camille of the 3.

If you like French names and/or “ee” ending ones you might also like Sylvie, Romilly, Rosalie, Amelie or Coralie?

Camille is the best by a country mile. Nellie just makes me think of the elephant (tune in my head as soon as I saw the name) and Winnie is too closely associated with Pooh or witch. Sometimes on these threads people come up with negative name associations that I don't think would affect a child born in 2024 (because their peers wouldn't have heard of them) but Winnie the Pooh and Nellie the elephant are still well-known by people of all ages.

Camille is the best by far. Winnie I just can't see how it's nice and Nellie makes me want to say 'the elephant'.

Camille. Definitely.

Nell is pretty but not keen on Nellie.

Not Winnie.

Love Nell but not Nellie, like Winnie if short for Winifred oe Winona, Camille is OK but will be Cam-Eel in the UK and is sounds a bit like an East Anglian fish.

Cammie is awful. Cammie-Kazi