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I played Paper Mario when I was younger and there was a character named Kammy Koopa and I started liking the name Kammy / Kammie.

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But I don't really like any Cam-/Kam- names and over the years I kind of just went off it.

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I'd say kahm-eel unless told kah-mill

This message was edited 4/14/2012, 10:52 PM

Ha, there is a little Camille nicknamed Cammie in one of the classes at the daycare I work at. But I don't think Camille is too common- she's the only one I've met.

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Personally, I don't like Camille. I say it "kah-MEEL" though.

I don't much care for Cammie, but as a nickname it's fine. I LOVE Camille (cah-MEEL).

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There's also Camellia, though that's more GP material.

I like it and Cammie definitely works as a nickname. I've met one Cammy but I think that was her full name so I don't think I know any Camille's. I pronounce it kah-MEEL. Cammie could also work as a nickname for Cambria, Cameron, and Campbell.

I like Camille (but I'm with you on Camilla-- don't like), and I (an American) pronounce is kah-MEEL. I don't think it's too popular, at least not here. I know maybe 2-3 Camilles total. I really don't like Cammie, though. It just sounds . . . ick to me.

It's not really my thing. I don't like Cammie, Camille or Camilla. I don't think it's common at all. I've only met one, and she goes by the nickname Cami, pronounced like Cammie.

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I pronounce it kah-MEEL. That's part of the reason I don't like it actually. I really don't like the meel or the mill ending sound. Yet the French pronunciation doesn't seem complete to me.

I think Cammie is icky and a bimbo name, like she'd have best friends named Misty and Nikki and they are cheerleaders in the early eighties.

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I say Cah-MEEL. I know of Ember on this board whose name is Camille, and I know that the family who runs a locally very famous pizza parlor at the beach has a daughter in her early forties named Camille, but that's all.

I think Cammie is a cute nickname.
I've never met or heard of a Camille, so I don't conside3r it common at all. Camilla Parker-Bowles is the only one I know of from real life.
I pronounce it kah-MEEL.

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For some other names with Cammie as a nickname how about:

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Cambria
Cameo
Cameron
Camellia
Camryn
Kama
Carmen
Carmela

I'm glad you brought this up because I've been crushing on Camille lately. I do prefer the French pronunciation, however, I know there's no way it would be pronounced that way where I'm from (Southeastern US). So what I've thought of is calling her Cami (kah-MEE) which seems like a plausible pronunciation for Camille. Yeah, people would still call her kuh-MEAL, but I could get over that.

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I don't think Camille is too common. Of course, I like it very much. I suppose you could go with Camilla or Camelia / Camellia.

My name is Cammie. Most people assume it's short for Camille, but it comes from my initials, CAM. Many people IRL have told me they like Cammie.

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I'm not a huge fan of Camille because of the "-meeel" sound (and kah-MILL just seems incomplete). If I could choose any full name for Cammie, I'd choose Cambria.

I think Cammie is really cute, too, and I like it for Camille. I know a Camryn and a Cambrie, both of whom are often called Cammie (maybe Cammy). You could also probably use Campbell, Cambria, or Camellia.

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In English, I pronounce Camille as kuh-MEEL. I've never met one.

This message was edited 4/14/2012, 10:20 AM

I think it's TOO cute. I would much rather be Camille with no NN.

Camille will never be too common... It's sound in English isn't exactly the most pleasant thing to many.

I also think it's a very cute nickname for Camille. When I saw the heading of your post, before I read the message, I was thinking I'd say, "Cammie is very cute, but it should be a nickname for Camille" so our great minds are thinking alike. The only name other than Camille that I can think of that it could be a nickname for is Cameron, but I hate this trend of surnames on girls so I don't recommend that.

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I don't think Camille is too common at all. I've only known one my whole life, years ago, back in high school, though Camille was my mother's middle name. I pronounce Camille kah-MEEL, and so did the Camille I knew in high school, but I remember there was one teacher who liked to jokingly call her CAM-e-lee.

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My mother hated her middle name, along with her first name, and always seemed embarrassed by it, but she was a woman with mainstream thinking and not a lot of imagination. I like Camille, but not enough to use it.

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I've only heard of one real-life Cammie, and that was one I read about. In a biography of Margaret Mitchell, I read that she based the character of Prissy in "Gone With The Wind" on a real-life servant she'd once had whose name was Cammie. Aren't I just a fount of useless information? Arent you glad I'm here to fill your head with factoids?

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So to sum up, Cammie is a great nickname for Camille. I'd like to see someone use it.

I love the name Camille. I pronounce it kah-MEEL. Cammie works well as a nickname for it.

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Camille isn't too popular where I live. I don't encounter it very often. I have met 2 or 3 people named Camille.

Dislike. Reminds me of clammy. But I do think Camille is kind of pretty. I pronounce it kah-MEEL.

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I've only met one Camille and she went to Cammie. She was atrociously obnoxious. That's probably coloring my opinion of Cammie, too.