Camellia

Camellia: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “camellia flower”
Origin: Latin
Say it: kuh-MEE-lee-uh · 4 syllables
Used for: Girls

A flower name from the genus Camellia, named in Neo-Latin for the Jesuit botanist Georg Joseph Kamel. As a given name, it is distinct from Camilla despite their similar form.

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How popular is Camellia?

202442.0 per million US babies

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Babies named Camellia in 2024138

2024 rank#1,538 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18803,224

Camellia is rising: use over the last five years is 2.9× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Camellia

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Camilayoung ceremonial attendant · Latin
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Lucylight · Latin
Gracegrace; favor · Latin
Novanew · Latin

Camellia questions

What does the name Camellia mean?

Camellia means "camellia flower". It comes from Latin. A flower name from the genus Camellia, named in Neo-Latin for the Jesuit botanist Georg Joseph Kamel. As a given name, it is distinct from Camilla despite their similar form.

Is Camellia a boy or girl name?

Camellia is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Camellia?

138 US babies were named Camellia in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Camellia?

Camellia is usually pronounced kuh-MEE-lee-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.