| Camellia | Flavia | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Camellia flower | golden, yellow-haired |
| Origin | latin | latin |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | kuh-MEEL-yuh | FLAH-vee-ah |
| Syllables | 3 | 3 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2024 (138) | 1921 (39) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Rising | Steady |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Camellia | Flavia |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 719 | 79 |
| 2010s | 664 | 147 |
| 2000s | 188 | 150 |
| 1990s | 195 | 132 |
| 1980s | 302 | 109 |
| 1970s | 237 | 134 |
| 1960s | 301 | 120 |
| 1950s | 358 | 115 |
| 1940s | 296 | 113 |
| 1930s | 64 | 152 |
| 1920s | 23 | 258 |
| 1910s | 0 | 176 |
| 1900s | 0 | 70 |
| 1890s | 0 | 50 |
| 1880s | 0 | 38 |
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 the Roman family name Flavius, related to Latin 'flavus' ('golden-yellow, blond'). This is golden as hair/colour ('probably originally yellow-haired') rather than gold the metal — distinct from the 'aurum' names.
Camellia and Flavia are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Camellia means Camellia flower (latin origin), while Flavia means golden, yellow-haired (latin origin).
In US records, Camellia first appears in 0 and Flavia in 0, so Camellia has the longer recorded history.