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Kamila

Pronounced kah-MEE-lah

“camellia”

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kah·MEE·lah

3 syllables. The gold syllable takes the stress.

What does Kamila mean in Hawaiian?

Kamila is a Hawaiian girl name that means camellia. The name comes from kamila (camellia). It is pronounced kah-MEE-lah, with 3 syllables. The stressed syllable is written in capitals.

The words inside Kamila

kamila means camellia.

How to pronounce Kamila

Say every vowel. The vowels in Kamila are a as in “father”, i as “ee”. See the full Hawaiian pronunciation guide.

Is Kamila a boy or girl name?

Kamila is used mainly as a girl's name, though Hawaiian itself has no grammatical gender.

How often Kamila is given in the U.S.

Social Security records show 18,137 U.S. babies named Kamila since 1963, but that spelling is mostly the Slavic and Arabic name, so the count says little about the Hawaiian name.

How well recorded is Kamila?

Kamila has its own entry among Wiktionary’s documented Hawaiian given names.

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce Kamila?

kah-MEE-lah, in 3 syllables, with the stress on MEE.

Is Kamila a girl's or a boy's name?

Kamila is used mainly as a girl name, though Hawaiian names carry no grammatical gender and it can be given to any child.

What does Kamila mean in Hawaiian?

camellia. It comes from kamila (camellia).

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

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