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Help[Opinions] Re: Camille
in reply to a message by Felie
Camille is a lovely name. It is so beautiful and calm. Maybe because it makes me think of chamomile, it has something really calming and soothing about it. The German word for chamomile is Kamille (kah-MILL-leh) so I guess that's where I get this association from. I always think of white, white flowers - it is a very calm, pure and innocent name to me. I much prefer it over Camilla.
In French it is pronounced with two syllables. kah-MEE. There is no L sound in it. It is a tiny tiny bit dated in France. I know many girls with this name. It used to be really popular. It is a bit of a 90s name, in my opinion. It was at its most popular in 1998 but I know many born between circa 1986 and 1997 as well. It was at #3 in 1998. It made the top 50 as early as 1984 (#46) and it went up very quickly. It was in the top 20 by 1989 and in 1990 it made the top ten at #8. In 1993 it made the top 5 at #5. In 1997 it was at #3 where it stayed until 2000.
It is out of the top 10 now. In 2014 it was at #13. That is still pretty high, but compared to #3 in the 90s it has fallen a lot and it doesn't feel fresh anymore. So I guess you could say that it feels a bit tired now but is still being used a lot, kind of like Emily in the US (for years at #1, still popular in the top 10 but starting to feel tired) or maybe like Alessia in Italy (still common but starting to decline in popularity or maybe Sara just slightly less common since Camille never made it to #1).
Yes, it has been used on males. But to me it sounds super feminine because it was way more common on girls and I grew up among many female Camilles. But while it was most common for girls in the 1990s it was most common for men in the 1910s. So much much earlier. It is still used nowadays, it hasn't completely disappeared. But it ranks much lower. While Camille for girls was still in the top 10 in 2012, for boys it was pretty low at #72. But it did make the top 100 so it is being used quite a bit!
On the website meilleursprenoms.com it is written that Camille was more popular for boys than girls until the 60s and then it turned around.
In French it is pronounced with two syllables. kah-MEE. There is no L sound in it. It is a tiny tiny bit dated in France. I know many girls with this name. It used to be really popular. It is a bit of a 90s name, in my opinion. It was at its most popular in 1998 but I know many born between circa 1986 and 1997 as well. It was at #3 in 1998. It made the top 50 as early as 1984 (#46) and it went up very quickly. It was in the top 20 by 1989 and in 1990 it made the top ten at #8. In 1993 it made the top 5 at #5. In 1997 it was at #3 where it stayed until 2000.
It is out of the top 10 now. In 2014 it was at #13. That is still pretty high, but compared to #3 in the 90s it has fallen a lot and it doesn't feel fresh anymore. So I guess you could say that it feels a bit tired now but is still being used a lot, kind of like Emily in the US (for years at #1, still popular in the top 10 but starting to feel tired) or maybe like Alessia in Italy (still common but starting to decline in popularity or maybe Sara just slightly less common since Camille never made it to #1).
Yes, it has been used on males. But to me it sounds super feminine because it was way more common on girls and I grew up among many female Camilles. But while it was most common for girls in the 1990s it was most common for men in the 1910s. So much much earlier. It is still used nowadays, it hasn't completely disappeared. But it ranks much lower. While Camille for girls was still in the top 10 in 2012, for boys it was pretty low at #72. But it did make the top 100 so it is being used quite a bit!
On the website meilleursprenoms.com it is written that Camille was more popular for boys than girls until the 60s and then it turned around.
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