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The first name 
Camelia

Camelia is a female first name.

When two girls called Camelia meet...

… it’s a special occasion. That’s because the name Camelia is quite rare in the US. While it’s still a name in use, lately, only approximately 3 out of 100,000 girls have been named Camelia. In the SmartGenius ranking, Camelia is #3,366 on the list of most common girls names. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Camelia.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Camelia

Camelia -
quite rare in all states

The odds of living in the same statae as someone named Camelia are about the same as meeting someone with blue eyes in the entire country – both odds are about 25 to 30 %. More precisely, the first name Camelia is registered in 11 states, among which are Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia or Illinois. In proportion to the female population, most women and girls with the first name Camelia live in Texas, and even there the name is rather special – only one in 58,668 would turn around if you called the name Camelia across Texas.

Camelia has 7 letters 
and begins with a C

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter C is a frequent initial letter for girls' names. This is because 6.0% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. The most common first letters of girls' names, by the way, are A, S and M.

With seven letters, the name Camelia has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

That means that with 6.0% of all girls' names that begin with a C, this first letter is much more common than the average of all letters. And which girls’ name beginning with C do you think is the most common in the US? The answer is... Carol.

Other names with 
C, a, m, e, l, i and a

If you take all the letters in the name Camelia – C, a, m, e, l, i and a – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Cameila or others.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Camelia

If your name is Camelia and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Camelia

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Camelia, you can simply say:

Cat

Apple

Mouse

Elephant

Lion

Igloo

Apple

This is how the name Camelia is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Camelia in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Camelia

Camelia

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Camelia

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Camelia is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

C
A
M
E
L
I
A

Have you ever waved the name Camelia

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

C
A
M
E
L
I
A

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Camelia sounds like this: