| Camellia | Astra | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Camellia flower | Of the stars |
| Origin | latin | latin |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | kuh-MEEL-yuh | AS-truh |
| Syllables | 3 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2024 (138) | 2022 (69) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Rising | Rising |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Camellia | Astra |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 719 | 350 |
| 2010s | 664 | 115 |
| 2000s | 188 | 31 |
| 1990s | 195 | 37 |
| 1980s | 302 | 79 |
| 1970s | 237 | 118 |
| 1960s | 301 | 19 |
| 1950s | 358 | 5 |
| 1940s | 296 | 17 |
| 1930s | 64 | 0 |
| 1920s | 23 | 0 |
IS a bloom word, but the flower is named after a person: the camellia was named by Linnaeus for Jesuit botanist Georg Josef Kamel (Latinised Camellus). The name means 'camellia flower' through the bloom.
From Latin 'astra', the plural of 'astrum' ('star'), itself from Greek 'astron'. It evokes the phrase 'ad astra' ('to the stars').
Camellia and Astra are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Camellia means Camellia flower (latin origin), while Astra means Of the stars (latin origin).
In US records, Camellia first appears in 0 and Astra in 0, so Camellia has the longer recorded history.