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Camille - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Camille

[ 2 syll. ca-mil-le, cam-i-lle ] The boy name Camille is also used, and more often so, as a girl name. Its pronunciation is KahMIYL KEY. Camille is largely used in the French language and its origin is Latin. Camille is a variant of the name Camillo (Italian).

Camille is an unusual baby name for boys. Its usage peaked in 1911 with 0.005% of baby boys being given the name Camille. Its ranking then was #988. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity, and is now of very modest use. Among all boy names in its group, Camille was nonetheless the most frequently used in 2008. In the past century Camille has predominantly been a girl name. In 1915, girls named Camille outnumbered boys by 4 times.

Baby names that sound like Camille include Camill (French), Camlo, Conall (Irish), Conley (English), Connell (Irish), Kamal (Arabic and English), Kameel (English), Kamil (Czech, Polish, Slavic, Arabic, English, and Indian), Kemal (Turkish), Kemuel (Hebrew), Komla (Akposso and Ewe), Konel (English), Konley (English), Quinley (English), Camillo (Italian), Camilo (Portuguese and Spanish), Conel (English), Connelly (English), Kamali, and Kamillo (German).

KEY: English pronunciation for Camille: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"


 
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