Camilla
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin Camilla, feminine form of old Roman family name Camillus, of obscure and probably non-Latin origin.
Proper noun [edit]
Camilla
- A warrior Queen of the Volscians according to Virgil's Aeneid.
- A female given name.
Translations [edit]
female given name
Danish [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin Camilla.
Proper noun [edit]
Camilla
- A female given name.
References [edit]
- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 28 210 females with the given name have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.
Italian [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
Camilla
- A female given name.
See also [edit]
Anagrams [edit]
Norwegian [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin Camilla.
Proper noun [edit]
Camilla
- A female given name.
Usage notes [edit]
- Rarely used in Norway before the 1960s. Popular from the 1970s to the 1990s.
References [edit]
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
- [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 13 480 females with the given name Camilla living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.
Swedish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin Camilla through literature. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1817.
Proper noun [edit]
Camilla
- A female given name popular from the 1960s to the 1990s.
References [edit]
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
- [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 34 686 females with the given name Camilla living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June, 2011.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Latin
- English proper nouns
- English female given names from Latin
- Danish terms derived from Latin
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish female given names
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian female given names
- Norwegian terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian proper nouns
- Norwegian female given names
- Swedish terms derived from Latin
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish female given names