Gender:
Origin:
Latin
298 famous people named Camilla found on Wikipedia.
23053 female, 6 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
302-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
302-th in year 2018
Used in: Ancient-Roman, Danish, English, Finnish, German, Italian, Mythology, Norwegian, Swedish
Camilla is a feminine given name. The French variant Camille may be either masculine or feminine. The Portuguese and Spanish variant is spelled Camila.
It ultimately originates as the feminine of camillus, a term for a youth serving as acolyte in the ritual of ancient Roman religion, which may ultimately be of Etruscan origin.
The name Camillo is the Italian male version of Camilla. Camillus came to be used as a cognomen in Rome, and Camilla would be the feminine form of this cognomen from a period when cognomina had become hereditary clan names. The most notable bearer of this name in Roman history is Marcus Furius Camillus (ca. 446 – 365 BC), who according to Livy and Plutarch, triumphed four times, was five times dictator, and was honoured with the title of "Second Founder of Rome". In the Aeneid, Camilla was the name of a princess of the Volsci who was given as a servant to the goddess Diana and raised as a "warrior virgin" of the Amazon type.
In the English-speaking world, the name was popularized Fanny Burney's novel Camilla of 1796. The form Camille was later associated with the heroine of Dumas' The Lady of the Camellias (1848), which served as the basis for Verdi's opera La Traviata and several films. In Dumas' novel, Camille is not the given name of the heroine; this name was applied to her in derived works in the English-speaking world, presumably due to the similarity in sound to the floral name Camellia (which was coined by Linnaeus (1753) after the name of the Czech Jesuit missionary Georg Joseph Kamel). The name Camille was given to the heroine as early as in a silent film of 1915, but it became widely known (and led to an increased popularity of the given name in the United States) with Greta Garbo's Camille of 1936.
Hypocorisms of the name include "Milly", "Millie", and "Mille".
Fem. proper name, from Latin, fem. of Camillus, cognomen of several members of the gens Furia, from camillus "noble youth attending at sacrifices," perhaps from Etruscan.
Means: attendant for a temple, helper to the priest; feminine of the old Roman family name Camillus.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Camilla Luddington | 1983 | English actress |
2 | Camilla Belle | 1986 | American actress |
3 | Camilla Arfwedson | 1981 | Actress |
4 | Camilla Läckberg | 1974 | Swedish writer |
5 | Camilla Dallerup | 1974 | Danish dancer |
6 | Camilla Long | 1978 | British journalist |
7 | Camilla Sparv | 1943 | Swedish actress |
8 | Camilla Poindexter | 1986 | American actor-model |
9 | Camilla Henemark | 1964 | Swedish performer |
10 | Camilla Rutherford | 1976 | British actress and fashion model |
11 | Camilla Power | 1976 | British actress |
12 | Camilla Kerslake | 1988 | British singer |
13 | Camilla Renschke | 1980 | German actress |
14 | Camilla Hall | 1945 | American kidnapper |
15 | Camilla Scott | 1961 | Canadian actress |
16 | Camilla Cavendish | 1968 | Journalist |
17 | Camilla Marie Beeput | 1984 | English actress |
18 | Camilla Diana | 1990 | Italian actress |
19 | Camilla More | 1957 | English actress |
20 | Camilla Dévay | 1922 | Hungarian actress |
21 | Camilla Herrem | 1986 | Norwegian handball player |
22 | Camilla Semino Favro | 1986 | Italian actress |
23 | Camilla Miehe-Renard | 1965 | |
24 | Camilla Ferranti | 1979 | Italian actress |
25 | Camilla Martin | 1974 | Badminton player |
26 | Camilla Gibb | 1968 | Canadian writer |
27 | Camilla d'Errico | 1980 | Comic artist |
28 | Camilla the Chicken | ||
29 | Camilla Collett | 1813 | Norwegian author and women's rights activist |
30 | Camilla Battista da Varano | 1458 | Italian princess, Poor Clare nun, saint |
31 | Camilla Sjoberg | 1976 | Swedish model |
32 | Camilla de Castro | 1979 | Brazilian pornographic actor |
33 | Camilla Williams | 1919 | American operatic soprano |
34 | Camilla Gallo | 1987 | Italian actress |
35 | Camilla Søeberg | 1966 | Danish actress |
36 | Camilla Waldman | Actress | |
37 | Camilla Martelli | 1545 | Second wife of Cosimo I de' Medici |
38 | Camilla Horn | 1903 | German actress |
39 | Camilla Hansson | 1988 | Beauty pageant winner |
40 | Camilla Tilling | 1971 | Swedish soprano |
41 | Camilla Hammerich | 1963 | Danish actress |
42 | Camilla Andersen | 1973 | Danish handball player |
43 | Camilla Lundberg | 1950 | Swedish journalist |
44 | Camilla Stoltenberg | 1958 | Norwegian physician |
45 | Camilla Wicks | 1928 | American musician |
46 | Camilla Siegertsz | 1969 | Dutch actress |
47 | Camilla Gervide | 1980 | Swedish writer |
48 | Camilla de Rossi | Italian composer | |
49 | Camilla Spira | 1906 | Actress |
50 | Camilla Baginskaite | 1967 | Chess player |
51 | Camilla Baresani | 1961 | Italian writer |
52 | Camilla Broe | Danish accused of drug trafficker | |
53 | Camilla Di Giuseppe | Canadian television journalist | |
54 | Camilla Pasini | 1875 | Singer |
55 | Camilla Adang | 1960 | Dutch associate professor of Islamic studies at Tel Aviv University |
56 | Camilla Lennarth | 1988 | |
57 | Camilla Calicchio | 1653 | Mother of Antonio Vivaldi |
58 | Camilla Gjersem | 1994 | Norwegian figure skater |
59 | Camilla, komtesse af Rosenborg | 1972 | |
60 | Camilla Lagerqvist | 1967 | Swedish writer |
61 | Camilla Lundén | 1967 | Actress |
62 | Camilla Way | 1973 | British writer |
63 | Camilla Thulin | 1961 | Swedens Fashion designer |
64 | Camilla Gunell | 1970 | Premier of Åland |
65 | Camilla Overbye Roos | 1969 | Danish actress |
66 | Camilla Pedersen | 1983 | Danish triathlete |
67 | Camilla Benbow | American educational psychologist | |
68 | Camilla Dalby | 1988 | Danish handball player |
69 | Camilla Wedgwood | 1901 | British anthropologist |
70 | Camilla Ottesen | 1972 | Danish television presenter |
71 | Camilla Gripe | 1947 | |
72 | Camilla Urso | 1840 | French violinist |
73 | Camilla Jellinek | 1860 | Austrian jurist |
74 | Camilla Toulmin | 1954 | British economist |
75 | Camilla Sgambato | 1963 | Italian politician |
76 | Camilla Kur Larsen | 1989 | Danish association football player |
77 | Camilla Filippi | 1979 | Italian actress |
78 | Camilla Pistorello | 1987 | Italian figure skater |
79 | Camilla Christensen | 1957 | Danish writer and journalist |
80 | Camilla Stivers | American academic | |
81 | Camilla Fabbri | 1969 | Italian politician |
82 | Camilla Dufour Crosland | 1812 | English writer |
83 | Camilla Grebe | 1968 | Swedish novelist |
84 | Camilla Brejner Schwalbe | 1986 | |
85 | Camilla Ravera | 1889 | Italian politician |
86 | Camilla Lees | 1989 | New Zealand netball player |
87 | Camilla Fayed | 1985 | |
88 | Camilla Salvago Raggi | 1924 | Italian poet and writer |
89 | Camilla Kvartoft | 1968 | Swedish television presenter |
90 | Camilla Jane Lea | 1973 | |
91 | Camilla Speirs | 1989 | Irish equestrian |
92 | Camilla Faà | 1599 | Italian writer |
93 | Camilla von Hollay | 1899 | Actress |
94 | Camilla Hersom | 1971 | Danish politician |
95 | Camilla Larsson | 1975 | Swedish bicycle racer |
96 | Camilla Thomsen | 1974 | Danish handball player |
97 | Camilla Bjørn | 1983 | Norwegian journalist |
98 | Camilla Jensen | 1982 | Danish curler |
99 | Camilla de' Rossi | 1516 | |
100 | Camilla Brinck | 1974 | Swedish singer |
101 | Camilla Stockmann | 1973 | Danish journalist |
102 | Camilla Nylund | 1968 | Finnish singer and opera singer |
103 | Camilla Malmquist Harket | 1963 | Swedish actress |
104 | Camilla Palmer | British solicitor | |
105 | Camilla Lindemann | 1949 | Danish journalist |
106 | Camilla Gryski | Canadian writer | |
107 | Camilla Lindberg | 1973 | Swedish politician |
108 | Camilla Adami | 1935 | Italian painter |
109 | Camilla Cederna | 1911 | Italian journalist and writer |
110 | Camilla Hannon | 1936 | Irish politician |
111 | Camilla Gottschalck | 1977 | Danish musician |
112 | Camila Amado | 1942 | Brazilian actress |
113 | Camilla Høiby | ||
114 | Camilla Johansson | 1976 | Swedish triple jumper |
115 | Camilla Indset Sorgjerd | 1978 | Norwegian bicycle racer |
116 | Camilla Sand Andersen | 1986 | Danish footballer |
117 | Camilla Huse | 1979 | Association footballer |
118 | Camilla Castenskiold | 1940 | |
119 | Camilla Wold Knudsen | 1983 | Norwegian journalist |
120 | Camilla Waltersson Grönvall | 1969 | Swedish politician |
121 | Camilla Pfeffer | 1993 | Olympic gymnast |
122 | Camilla Hansen | Norwegian association football player | |
123 | Camilla Spelta | 1988 | Figure skater |
124 | Camilla Hattersley | 1995 | |
125 | Camilla Emborg | 1973 | Danish journalist |
126 | Camilla Soemod | 1985 | Danish archer |
127 | Camilla Kallfass | 1982 | German singer |
128 | Camilla Odhnoff | 1928 | Swedish politician |
129 | Camilla Håkansson | 1987 | Swedish singer |
130 | Camilla Carlson | 1930 | Writer |
131 | Camilla Ley Valentin | ||
132 | Camilla Mordhorst | 1970 | |
133 | Camilla Thorsen | 1975 | Norwegian handball player |
134 | Camilla Lund | 1994 | Norwegian female speed skater |
135 | Camilla Feeley | 1999 | |
136 | Camilla Stærn | 1947 | Swedish actress |
137 | Camilla North | 1984 | Norwegian singer |
138 | Camilla Nilsson | 1967 | Olympic alpine skier from Sweden |
139 | Camilla Richardsson | 1993 | Finnish athletics competitor |
140 | Camilla Rosatello | 1995 | |
141 | Camilla Pio di Savoia | 1440 | |
142 | Camilla Frostell | 1952 | Swedish translator |
143 | Camilla Sköld Jansson | 1957 | Swedish politician |
144 | Camilla Soardi | Italian writer | |
145 | Camilla Patriarca | 1994 | |
146 | Camilla Brunelli | 1957 | Italian historian |
147 | Camilla Holth | 1978 | Norwegian curler |
148 | Camilla Sernagiotto | 1982 | Italian journalist and writer |
149 | Camilla Svensson-Gustafsson | 1969 | |
150 | Camilla Carstens | 1977 | Norwegian handball player |
151 | Camilla Nielsen | 1972 | Danish painter |
152 | Camilla Schelin | 1982 | Swedish association football player |
153 | Camilla Borsotti | 1988 | Italian alpine skier |
154 | Camilla Kenyon | American writer | |
155 | Camilla Cobb | 1843 | Foiunder of Utah's first Kindergrten |
156 | Camilla Cattaneo | 1990 | |
157 | Camilla Lucerna | 1868 | Austrian specialist in literature, translator and writer (1868-1960) |
158 | Camilla Prytz | 1971 | |
159 | Camilla Marazzi | 1885 | Italian artist |
160 | Camilla Kjems | 1974 | Danish journalist |
161 | Camilla del Lante | ||
162 | Camilla Granlien | 1974 | Norwegian singer |
163 | Camilla Møllebro | 1984 | Danish bicycle racer |
164 | Camilla | 1950 | Finnish singer |
165 | Camilla Gottlieb | 1974 | Danish actress |
166 | Camilla Rosso | 1994 | English actress |
167 | Camilla Mingardi | 1997 | |
168 | Giacomo Camilla | 1701 | Italian sculptor |
169 | Camilla Hackman-Uski | ||
170 | Camilla Stroem Henriksen | 1968 | |
171 | Antonio Nuvolone da Camilla | 1201 | Italian Roman Catholic bishop |
172 | Camilla Maestrini | 1999 | |
173 | Camilla Erculiani | 1501 | |
174 | Camilla Ceder | 1976 | Swedish writer |
175 | Camilla Løw | 1976 | Norwegian artist |
176 | Camilla Stephansen | 1983 | |
177 | Camilla Wagner | 1967 | Swedish journalist |
178 | Camilla Strandskog | 1984 | Norwegian politician |
179 | Camilla Gentili | ||
180 | Camilla Kruger | 1986 | |
181 | Camilla Schreiner | 1965 | |
182 | Camilla Munsterhjelm | Finnish boxer | |
183 | Camilla Mickwitz | 1937 | |
184 | Camilla Alfieri | 1985 | Italian alpine skier |
185 | Camilla Kolchinsky | 1937 | Russian conductor |
186 | Camilla Krouchelnitskaïa | 1892 | |
187 | Camilla Plum | 1956 | Danish restaurateur and cookbook writer |
188 | Camilla Labate | 1999 | |
189 | Camilla Frydan | 1887 | Austrian singer (1887-1949) |
190 | Camilla Odfjell Gruer | 1969 | |
191 | Camilla Martens | 1989 | Badminton player |
192 | Camilla Mollatt | ||
193 | Camilla Kuhn | 1975 | Norwegian illustrator |
194 | Camilla Gomes | 1994 | |
195 | Camilla dos Reis Saldanha | 1985 | |
196 | Camilla Wiese | 1835 | Norwegian singer (1835-1938) |
197 | Camilla Batini | 1992 | |
198 | Camilla Wirén | Finnish sprinter | |
199 | Camilla Dorn | 1859 | |
200 | Camilla Serck-Hanssen | 1960 |