Given name
Camilla
“a ceremonial attendant; a noble virgin”
In Italian use, Camilla carries the interpretation “a ceremonial attendant; a noble virgin.”
Original ItalianCammilla
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Italian use, Camilla carries the interpretation “a ceremonial attendant; a noble virgin.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Italian.
How it developed
Camilla is used as a feminine counterpart of Camillus.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Camilla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 30,282
- 6 boys · 30,276 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 1,224 babies
- 2025
- 847
- #361 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 847 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 361 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 13.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,224 in 2019. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (141). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 21,840 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Camilla’s family of names
Camilla has an affectionate form in Millie. Camilla shares a linguistic root with Camille. In English usage, Camilla has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Camila.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Camilla has relatives in 15 languages. Lines run from its Italian roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 31
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Cammillavariant · Italian, English
- Camilavariant · Spanish, Portuguese
- Milliediminutive · English
- Camillevariant · French, English
- Kamilavariant · English, Polish
- Kamillavariant · English, Norwegian
- Camvariant
- Camelliavariant
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- Millydiminutive · English
- Kamillevariant · English
- Kamilahvariant · English
- Cameliavariant
- Millashort form · Finnish
- Kamylavariant · English
- Camilahvariant · English
- Cammiediminutive · English
- Camilevariant · English
- Camilliavariant · English
- Kamiliavariant · English
- Cammyshort form · English
- Cammivariant
- Camelavariant
- Camellavariant
- Camyllevariant · English
- Cammillevariant · English
- Camalavariant · English
- Camylavariant · English
- Camelaivariant
- Camilleivariant
- Caimilevariant
- Camyllavariant · English
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Camilohas masculine form
- Kamilhas masculine form
- Camillohas masculine form
- Amillaequivalent
- Camillusmasculine form · English
- Камілаequivalent
- КамиллаRussian
- KamilkaSlovak
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People named Camilla
- Queen CamillaQueen consort of the United Kingdom since 2022born 1947
- Camilla BelleAmerican actressborn 1986
- Camilla CollettNorwegian author and women's rights activist1813–1895
- Camilla HerremNorwegian handball playerborn 1986
- Camilla LuddingtonBritish actress (born 1983)
- Camilla HornGerman actress (1903-1996)
- Camilla RaveraItalian politician (1889-1988)
- Camilla MartinDanish badminton player (born 1974)
- Camilla AndersenDanish handball playerborn 1973
Characters named Camilla: Cammy (the Street Fighter fighting game series).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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