Camellia
Camellia is a girl name of Latin origin, meaning The camellia flower.
What Camellia means
The camellia flower.
Camellia sits at 8 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room. Its 4 vowels give it a flowing rhythm.
Where Camellia comes from
Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.
Camellia is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Camellia?
Camellia is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Camellia is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Camellia
Two ideas meet in Camellia: flowers and growing things and the natural world. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Camellia
These share Camellia's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Rose — The rose flower.
- Violet — The violet flower; the color purple.
- Flora — Flower; goddess of spring.
- Florence — Flourishing; in bloom.
- Rosemary — Dew of the sea; the herb of remembrance.
- Daisy — The day's-eye flower.
- Daphne — The laurel tree.
- Hana — Flower, blossom.
- Iris — Rainbow; messenger of the gods.
- Lily — The lily flower — purity and beauty.
- Sakura — Cherry blossom.
- Acacia — Thorny tree; resurrection.