Camellia

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Camellia

Gender: Feminine
Language: English
Etymology:
Camellia is a type of flower, named for Georg Josef Kamel, a botanist and Jesuit missionary who had died in 1706.

History:
Camellia was occasionally used as a first name during the late Victorian trend of giving “flower names” to girls. It may have also been confused with the similarly pronounced Camilla.

Pronunciation: cam-ell-ee-ah.

Alternates: Camella, Camila, Camelia.

Popularity:
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census:
0.002 % named Camelia
0.001 % named Camellia
0.001 % named Camila

Popularity of Camellia:
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Popularity of Camelia:
Popularity (for newborns):
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