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Camilla & Camille.

Camellia looks like the word "camel" with extra letters attached, I prefer Camilla or Camille.

I prefer Camellia. I find it prettier than Camilla, which reminds me of Camilla Parker Bowles. Camellia reminds me of the word "chameleon", but that doesn't bother me much though. It's just something I noticed.

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If it were a toss up between Camellia and Camille, I'd go with Camille, which I really like.

Love Camellia and Camille equally. I would use Camellia as the full name with the nn Camille. Camilla is okay. I generally don't like names that end in -illa though. I always want to rhyme them with gorilla. I know it's weird

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Oh and I pronounce Camellia as cuh MILL yah. There is no ee sound when I say it or Camille.

This message was edited 5/26/2010, 7:03 AM

I like Camilla the best, wish it wasn't associated with Parker-Bowles so much. Camille has that sound I hate-like Amelia. Mee-ul. Ugh. And I had a friend Camelia once. I like the name in theory. But it's a bit hard to say-to squeeze out the aforementioned meel-uh sound. It takes too much effort-lol. I like names that roll off the tongue. :) Maybe that's why I like Camilla best-easiest to say!

Not a big fan of either really... Camilla is ok, I guess, but makes me think of Prince Charles. Camille's ok since even though it's close, it's different enough not to be my thing. Camelia's extremely flowery and I like very few flower names as names.

Camellia, the way I say it anyway, has got that whiney me-e-e sound in it that puts me off (some versions of) Megan. Camilla is definitely feminine but also quite brisk and energetic, which I like. Camille and Camellia would dead-heat in last place, for the same me-e-e reason and also because I tend to dislike spondees. And also because Camilla has a more British vibe while the other two seem more US in usage.

I prefer Camilla over Camellia and Camille over Camilla (Camille overall). I just like the sound better.

Camellia!

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I wouldn't want the same names as Camilla Parker-Bowles! Eww!

I prefer Camellia, because it's longer and more flowery, and I love long, flowery girls' names. I would also prefer Camellia to Camille.