Or multiple spellings for the same name: Kaitlyn, Katelyn, Kaitlin, Katelynn, Katlyn, Kaitlynn, Katelin, Katlynn, Caitlin, Caitlyn, Caitlynn.

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This is EXACTLY what I was talking about. Everyone, shut the fuck up.

Fit's perfectly with the Japanese kana? Well of course, but you forget that there is no "C" in Japanese kana, which is why were having this whole argument. If there was a distinct "C" and a distinct "K" in kana, we would know without doubt what the Japanese creators had intended his name to be. And nobody said anything about the official name being silly, I'm just giving my opinion on why the official name might not be the best choice.

But you see, Kamille is an uncommon name. Those names are all common. This is the only instance I've heard of a person being named "Kamille". You hear those names all the time, but this is the first time I've ever heard a person being named "Kamille". However, Camille is a fairly common name. In the case of multiple spellings, it can be either Kamille or Camille, but Camille is still the more common spelling.

Yes, those are all common, but is "Kamille" common? No. Besides, why use the German name of the flower? Why not just use the English word and call him Chamomile?

This is the same as Aeris/Aerith,  but we know that Aeris is a mistranslation(which was fixed and changed to Aerith in latter games where Aerith made an appearence) because "Erith" or something like that, is hebrew for "flower". Here, we have no proof that Kamille is actually named after a flower.

Like Gideon said though, let's end this now.  This is not the topic to discuss this and neither side is going to win the argument.

Spoilsport.

If part of your argument is that Kamille isn't a common name....

How common do you think Amuro, Judau, or Usso are? Mwu La Flaga? Lacus? Commonality isn't exactly a relavant argument when you're talking about Gundam names.

Better it be me than Banny McBannister Nightcrawler.

Gundam uses pretty much nothing BUT uncommon (or plain made-up) names for the most part. That means that, if anything, the commonality of "Camille" as a name actually works AGAINST you. "Camille is a real name" is not a reason for using it AT ALL when talking about Gundam.


You're confusing "better" with "correct." Camille can be the better name in your view, but calling him that is wholly incorrect. Why? Because he already has an official name that adheres perfectly to the Japanese. Did you stop to think that maybe they didn't so much name him after the German flower as NOT name him after a girl? And, again, the far more obscure spelling is more in-line with Gundam. And there's the pesky fact that he's NOT a girl.

Since a perfectly acceptable official ENGLISH name already exists, it's entirely on you to show that it's not wrong. You can prefer Camille all you want--but that doesn't make it his name anymore than liking "Ranbo" changes the name of Sly Stallone's character. So far your entire argument is "Camille is a real name" and "I like it better." The former works against you, if anything, because that's just not the way Gundam rolls, and the latter is not a valid argument for correctness.