Camille - Meaning of Camille

What does Camille mean?

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Camille

[ 3 syll. ca-mil-le, cam-i-lle ] The baby boy name Camille is also used, and more often so, as a girl name. It is pronounced as Kaa-MIY-IY or Kaa-MIY-L †. Camille is largely used in the French language and its origin is Latin. Camille is a variant of the name Camillo (Italian).

See also the related category french.

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 2018. 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 Kamiell, Kamil, Cameo, Camillo, Camilo, Cammeo, Connelly, Connolly, Cooni, Coonie, Coony, Cosimo, Cosino, Kadmiel, Kahana, Kahane, Kahanu, Kahuna, Kaigan, and Kaikane.

† English pronunciation for Camille: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)"