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 [ 3 syll. ca-mil-la, cam-i-lla ] The girl name Camilla is pronounced KahMIHLah KEY. 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 Camillo. The name Camilla is used to a great extent; it has 31 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name include Camela, Camella, Camellia, Camila (used in Czech, Portuguese, and Spanish as well), Camile (used in Spanish as well), Camilia, Camill, Camillia, Camillie, Cammi, Cammille, Cammy, Camyll, Camylle, Kammile (used in Arabic as well), and Milli. Other English variants include the short forms Cam, Cami, and Milla (used in Finnish, Polish, and Scandinavian as well), and the pet forms Camia, Cammie, Kami, Millie, and Milly. Forms of Camilla used in foreign languages include the Spanish Cama, the Spanish Camala, the Romanian Camelia, the French Camille, the Czech, Hungarian, Latvian, Polish, Slavic, and Arabic Kamila, and the Polish Kamilka. The spelling variant Kamilla (Hungarian and Latvian) 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 2008, 0.023% of baby girls were named Camilla. It was #634 in rank then. In 2008, within the family of girl names directly related to Camilla, the Czech, English, Portuguese, and Spanish Camila was the most regularly used. It was 8 times more widely used than Camilla in that year. Baby names that sound like Camilla include the Czech, English, Portuguese, and Spanish Camila, the Spanish Camala, the English Camela, the English Camella, the English Camillia, the English Camillie, the Indian, Arabic, and Hawaiian Kamala, the name Kamali, the English Kamela, the Hawaiian Kameli, the English Kamella, the Czech, Hungarian, Latvian, Polish, Slavic, and Arabic Kamila, the English Kamilah, the English Kamilie, the Hungarian, Latvian, and Arabic Kamilla, the English Kamillia, the Romanian Camelia, the English Camellia, the English and Spanish Camile, and the English Camilia. A famous person named Camilla is Royal Consort, Camilla Parker-Bowles, born Camilla Shand 17 July 1947, London, England. KEY: Pronunciation for Camilla: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
