Camilla

Camilla \ca-mil-la, cam-i-lla\ is a female's name. It consists of 7 letters and 3 syllables.

The baby girl name Camilla is pronounced KahMIHLah in English or KaaMIYLaa in Italian ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Camilla: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"

What is the origin of Camilla?

Camilla's origin is Latin, and its use, English, Finnish, German, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish. The meaning of Camilla is 'acolyte, attendant at a ritual'. Derived from the word camillus which is of the meaning 'acolyte'. In Roman rituals, Camilli and Camillae were respectively the names given to boy and girl attendants. In Roman mythology, Camilla was the swift-footed attendant to Diana; she was also a warrior queen who fought Aeneas and the Trojans, as recorded in Virgil's Aeneid (30-19 BC). The first name has been in use by English speakers since the 13th century. It was later popularized via literature, as the name of the titular heroines in Fanny Burney's novel Camilla (1796) and Alexandre Dumas' novel The Lady of the Camellias (1848). It has also been known recently as the name of the Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla Parker-Bowles (1947-). The form Camille was briefly popularized in America by Hurricane Camille (1969). Camilla is the feminine equivalent of the Italian baby name Camillo. The name Camilla is used to a great extent; it has 45 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name consist of Caimile meaning of name, name Camala meaning (used in Spanish as well), Camela name, baby name Camelai, Camella meaning and origin, Camellia name variations, baby name Camila (used in Czech, Portuguese, and Spanish as well), nicknames for Camile (used in Spanish as well), meaning of Camilia, Camill name variations, name Camillei origin, Camillia meaning, short names for Camillie, Camilya meaning and origin, what does the name Cammi mean, meaning of Cammilla, meaning of Cammille, Cammy meaning and origin, Cammylle pronounciation, Camyll pronounciation, Camylle definition, name Chamelea, Chamelia meaning and origin, Chamika name variations, what does the name Chamila mean, Chamilia name variations, baby name Kamila (used in Arabic, Czech, Hungarian, Latvian, Polish, and Slavic as well), baby name Kamilah, name Kamille, Kammile name variations, Kamyla name variations, and Milli name popularity. Other English variants consist of the contracted forms Cam name popularity, Cami meaning, and meaning of Milla (used in Finnish, German, Polish, and Scandinavian as well), and the familiar forms name Camia meaning, Cammie name, name Kami origin, name Millie meaning, and baby name Milly. Forms used in foreign languages consist of the Spanish Cama meaning and origin, the Romanian what does the name Camelia mean, the French Camille name popularity, and the Polish Kamilka definition. The spelling variant Kamilla definition (German, Hungarian, Latvian, and Polish) is another foreign form. Camilla is rather popular as a baby girl name, and it is also regarded as trendy. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 2000s. At the modest height of its usage in 2010, 0.030% of baby girls were named Camilla. It was #508 in rank then. In 2010, within the family of girl names directly related to Camilla, Camila meaning was the most regularly used. It was 7 times more widely used than Camilla in that year.

A famous person named Camilla is Royal Consort, Camilla Parker-Bowles, born Camilla Shand 17 July 1947, London, England.

List of baby names that sound like Camilla:

the Czech, English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian name Camila origin, the Arabic, Czech, English, Hungarian, Latvian, Polish, Slavic, and Urdu name Kamila meaning, the English Kamilah name, the Arabic nicknames for Kamillah, the English and Spanish nicknames for Camala, the English name Camela meaning, the name nicknames for Camelai, the English Camella meaning and origin, the name Camiel name popularity, the name short names for Camielle, the name name Camillei, the English Camillia name, the English nicknames for Camillie, the name name Camilya origin, the name Cammilla pronounciation, the name Cammillie name variations, the name baby name Camomile, the name Camomyle name variations, the name Canela name, and the name name Cumalee origin.

The baby name Camilla fun facts:

The name Camilla in reverse order is "Allimac".

The numerological value of the name Camilla is number 6, which means responsibility, protection, nurturing, community, balance, sympathy.

How popular is Camilla?

Camilla is in the top names in USA.