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So, my middle name is Camille. It's pronounced (closer to) the French way, depending on person, closer to ka-meeye, or ka-mee with a bit of an idea of an y/l sound, than Camilla, depending on the person, but strangers still go for Camille with a hard l. It's an honouring name, and the original bearer was definitely more of a said-a-bit-like"ka-meeye" than a said-like-"ka-meel". I've always liked it a bit more than my fn, although it takes a bit of explaining, and would want to pass it on if I ever had a daughter. Really, I think it'd be a middle name or second middle name, as it's part of my own name it feels a bit egotistical and uninspired as a first name. I also don't always love the English "ka-meel" pronunciation, it's not awful, actually, if it weren't my name it'd be fine, and I don't object too much as it's not part of my name I use a lot, but it's also not...right, and it is jarring when it's not how you hear the name in your head... so I'd prefer to avoid that as much by using it as a mn like with my name. At least then it's not a torrent of corrections.

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But I do worry about Camille being a boring filler middle name.

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What do you think?

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What would you pair Camille with? FN or MN? What combos stand out? How do you find Camille? What variants do you like? I'm kind of thinking of Carmel as a version of the English way of saying Camille, where it's kinda... a reflection of Camille? But not Camille. Could that work?

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Based on some of my feminine names I like at the moment, do you like:

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Electra Camille
Eva Camille
Francesca Camille
Nadezhda Camille
Nadia Camille
Ramona Camille
Rowena Camille
Rosalind Camille
Saskia Camille (too contrasting imho)
Wilhelmina Camille (too much m)
Zenobia Camille
Zipporah Camille

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If I'm honest, I'm at a bit of a loss... I get how my parents ended up with my name, because Camille is quite hard for me to make a combo with actually.

This message was edited 2/5/2021, 1:47 PM