The baby name Kameliya is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced ka-MEL-ee-ya (Bulgarian: /kaˈmɛlija/; English approximation: kuh-MEL-ee-uh /kəˈmɛliə/).
The baby name Kameliya is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced ka-MEL-ee-ya (Bulgarian: /kaˈmɛlija/; English approximation: kuh-MEL-ee-uh /kəˈmɛliə/).
Kameliya is Bulgarian, Slavic in Origin.
Kameliya is a Bulgarian and broader Slavic feminine given name taken from the camellia flower, which Carl Linnaeus named in honor of 17th-century Jesuit botanist Georg Josef Kamel. As a modern botanical choice, it entered regular use in Bulgaria in the 20th century alongside other floral names and is familiar through pop culture, notably the Bulgarian singer Kameliya. Usage appears across Eastern Europe and the diaspora.
The name carries the flower’s associations: in Victorian floriography camellias signified admiration and “perfect loveliness,” while in East Asian traditions they evoke devotion and longevity. Variants and cognates include Camellia (English), Camélia (French/Portuguese), Camelia (Romanian, Italian, Spanish), Kamelia (Bulgarian transliteration; Russian Камелия), Kamelija (Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Lithuanian), and Kamelya (Turkish). Diminutives such as Kami, Lia, and Melia occur. Sometimes confused with Kamila/Kamilah (“perfect” in Arabic), Kameliya is etymologically botanical, not Arabic.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MT | 0 | #43 | 1 | 1,767 | |
| AZ | Girls | 0 | #75 | 1 | 1,051 |
| BG | 0 | #78 | 5 | 1,799 | |
| CY | Girls | 0 | #123 | 3 | 3,755 |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #153 | 1 | 3,773 |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #157 | 68 | 3,559 |
| DK | 0 | #206 | 1 | 5,198 | |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #324 | 9 | 5,862 |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #328 | 2 | 7,429 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #343 | 1 | 15,378 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #406 | 1 | 8,413 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #485 | 14 | 11,913 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #537 | 9 | 8,334 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #546 | 2 | 10,981 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #561 | 1 | 19,177 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #596 | 2 | 20,968 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #632 | 1 | 18,916 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #643 | 3 | 11,648 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| SY | 0 | #767 | 1 | 11,684 | |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #828 | 11 | 4,949 |
| TN | 0 | #865 | 1 | 13,765 | |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #968 | 16 | 5,561 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,007 | 8 | 25,931 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 1 | 14,742 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,068 | 5 | 24,821 |
| MA | 0 | #1,196 | 4 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,250 | 5 | 19,440 | |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,415 | 32 | 9,415 |
Kameliya is popular in 28 countries — most recent births per country:
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