Camilla - Origin and Meaning of the name

The girl name Camilla [ 3 syll. ca-mil-la, cam-i-lla ] is pronounced KahMIHLah ^KEY. Camilla's origin is Latin, and its use, English, German, Italian, and Scandinavian. The meaning of Camilla is 'acolyte, attendant at a sacrifice'. Derived from the word camillus which has the meaning 'acolyte'. In Roman mythology, Camilla was a warrior queen who fought the Aeneas and the Trojans, as recorded in Virgil's Aeneid (30-19 BC). The given name has been in use by English speakers since the 13th century. Fanny Burney's novel Camilla (1796) boosted the name's popularity, as well as Alexandre Dumas' novel The Lady of the Camellias (1848); both works used the name for a central character. Camilla is the feminine equivalent of the Italian Camillo.

Forms of Camilla include the English Cami, the English Camila, the French Camille, and the English Millie.

Camilla is somewhat popular as a baby girl name. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 2000s. At the modest height of its usage in 2007, 0.019% of baby girls were named Camilla. It was #726 in rank then. In 2007, within the family of girl names directly related to Camilla, the English Camila was the most regularly used. It was 7 times more widely used than Camilla in that year.

Baby names that sound like Camilla include the English Camila, the English Camella, the Indian Kamala, the English Camellia, and the French Camille.

^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)"

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

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