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Dinah used to seem ridiculous to me (because of the song Roxstar mentioned), but now it doesn't. I can see it as being similar to Alma, Dorothy, Diane.

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I like Camellia. It's sunny, although it does seem a bit ostentatious...like, I think of ruffles. It was my grandmother's MN.

This message was edited 3/26/2020, 7:53 AM

Dinah is growing on me. It seems spunky and distinctive.

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Camellia is beautiful. Love the plants and Cami is a sweet nickname.

Dinah is sweet and old-fashioned. I wouldn't personally use it, but it is a friendly name. Camellia, on the other hand, is gorgeous and lovely.

I like Camellia. Dinah is pretty but I don't think its ready for a comeback, it'd be a great cat name.

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I went to school with a Camellia (actually I think it was Kamelia), I think it's really pretty and a nice alternative to the more common flower names. I also really like Camilla.

I like Camellia. Hate Dinah.
I think Camellia is pretty, distinctive, and you can use Cami, Mia, even Mila as nn’s, which are cute.
I just hate Dinah. It’s so ugly to me, too close to Diane and Diana which are also super ugly.

This message was edited 3/25/2020, 10:22 AM

I like Dinah a lot: strong and bright and unpretentious. We named a cat Alice because she was a little rescue tabby, an alley cat in fact; some years later we adopted a kitten and named her Dinah after Alice's (Wonderland) cat. Also the name of a distant great-great aunt. The only point against it is that it mostly shortens to Di, which is depressing.

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Camellia is too fancy and too floral, as well as redolent of dying sopranos and reminiscent of Kipling's camel and its camelious hump. I far prefer Camilla.

Camellia isn't ugly but it feels affected, very faux-Southern Belle, like Magnolia. Camille or Camilla/Camila is much nicer.
Dinah is ugly. It's like a Boston person saying diner, and of course there's the song about working on the railroad: "Someone's In the Kitchen With Dinah" and later "Dinah, won't you blow?" I don't see any really good reason to ever use Dinah.