Camilla

See also camilla

English

Etymology

Latin Camilla, feminine form of old Roman family name Camillus, of obscure and probably non-Latin origin.

Proper noun

Camilla

1. A warrior Queen of the Volscians according to Virgil's Aeneid.
2. A female given name.

Translations

female given name

Czech: Kamila (cs) Danish: Camilla (da), Kamilla (da) French: Camille (fr) Italian: Camilla (it)

Norwegian: Camilla (no) Spanish: Camila (es) Swedish: Camilla (sv)

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Danish

Alternative forms

• Kamilla

Etymology

From Latin Camilla.

Proper noun

Camilla

1. A female given name.

References

• [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.

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Italian

Proper noun

Camilla

1. A female given name.

See also

• Camillo
• camilliano

Anagrams

• camalli

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Norwegian

Alternative forms

• Kamilla

Etymology

From Latin Camilla.

Proper noun

Camilla

1. A female given name.

Usage notes

• Rarely used in Norway before the 1960s. Popular from the 1970s to the 1990s.

References

• 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.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Camilla through literature. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1817.

Proper noun

Camilla

1. A female given name popular from the 1960s to the 1990s.

References

• 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.