Camilla

Gender Feminine
Usage English, Italian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, German, Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Pronounced Pron. kə-MIL-ə(English)
 ka-MEEL-la(Italian)
 kah-MEEL-lah(Danish)
 KAH-meel-lah(Finnish)
 ka-MI-la(German)
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Meaning & History

Feminine form of Camillus. This was the name of a legendary warrior maiden of the Volsci, as told by Virgil in the Aeneid. It was popularized in the English-speaking world by Fanny Burney's novel Camilla (1796).

Related Names

VariantsCamille(English) Kamilla(Danish) Kamilla(Swedish) Kamilla(Norwegian)
DiminutivesCammie, Millie, Milly(English) Milla(Danish) Milla(Swedish) Milla(Norwegian) Milla(Finnish)
Masculine FormsCamillo(Italian) Camillus(Ancient Roman)
Other Languages & CulturesKamila(Czech) Camille(French) Kamilla(Hungarian) Kamilė(Lithuanian) Kamila, Kamilla(Polish) Camila(Portuguese) Kamilla(Russian) Kamila(Slovak) Camila(Spanish)
User SubmissionCamil·la

Popularity

People think this name is

classic   formal   upper class   wholesome   refined   strange   nerdy  

Name Days

Norway: August 12
Sweden: March 7

Categories

British royal family, Charles Dickens characters, chastity, Dantalian no Shoka characters, Donna Tartt characters, Elder Scrolls characters, Etruscan, feminine forms, film titles, Fire Emblem characters, Flack characters, Gone with the Wind characters, Gundam characters, legend, literature, Lunar Chronicles characters, Miraculous Ladybug characters, movies, Muppets, mythology, princesses, purity, saints, Spy x Family characters, The Four Hundred members, Virginia Woolf characters, warriors
Entry updated November 16, 2019