Camilla

Latin
"young ceremonial attendant"

Camilla Origin and Meaning

The name Camilla is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "young ceremonial attendant".

The Spanish Camila, pronounced ka-MEE-la, is the fastest rising version of this ancient Roman name, but recent royal Camilla may have helped promote the British brand. In Roman myth, Camilla was a swift-footed huntress so fast she could run over a field without bending a blade of grass.

Camilla has been in English-speaking use since the sixteenth century, and appeared in Virgil's Aeneid as a virgin queen. It was later popularized by an eponymous Fanny Burney novel, and in modern times Camilla Macaulay is the protagonist of Donna Tartt's The Secret History. Today, the name is connected to the former Camilla Parker Bowles, now the Queen Consort, wife of King Charles III.

The floral name Camellia has also begun to bloom.

# 336 in the US

Camilla Rank in US Top 1000

# 441 on Nameberry

Camilla Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Camilla Popularity

Famous People Named Camilla

  • Camilla Rosemary (Shand) Parker Bowles
    Duchess of Cornwall, wife of Britain's Prince Charles
  • Camilla Belle (Routh)
    American actress
  • (Hilary) Camilla Cavendish
    Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice, British MP and journalist
  • Camilla "Millie" Mackintosh
    British makeup artist and TV personality of "Made In Chelsea"
  • Camilla "Milly" Rosso
    English actress; twin sister Rebecca "Becky" Rosso
  • Camilla Luddington
    English actress
  • Camilla Dallerup
    English,Danish ballroom dancer
  • Camilla Hansson
    Miss Sweden 2014
  • Camilla Martin
    Danish Olympic badminton player
  • Camilla Herrem
    Norwegian Olympic badminton player
  • Camilla von Hollay
    Hungarian silent film actress
  • (Jacobine) Camilla Collett
    Norwegian feminist writer
  • Camilla Arfwedson
    British actress
  • Camilla Marie Beeput
    English actress and singer
  • Camilla Maria Henemark
    Swedish singer
  • Camilla Crociani
    Princess of Bourbon,Two Sicilies, Duchess of Castro
  • (Jean Edith) Camilla Läckberg
    Swedish novelist
  • Camilla Rossiter
    daughter of actor Leonard Rossiter
  • Camilla Cleese (b. 1984)
    daughter of actor John Cleese
  • Camilla Chan (b. 2016)
    daughter of Canadian,Hong Kong actress Aimee Chan

Camilla in Pop Culture

  • Camilla of the Volsci
    daughter of King Metabus and Casmilla in Roman mythology, who helped King Turnus fight against Aeneas
  • Camilla Macaulay
    character in "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
  • Camilla Tyrold
    main character in "Camilla" by Fanny Burney
  • Camilla Cara
    character in 1994 film "Camilla"
  • Camilla Busin
    character in 1954 film "Camilla"
  • "Camilla Dickinson
    " novel by Madeleine L'Engle
  • Camilla Valerius
    character in video game "Skyrim"
  • Camilla "Chummy" Fortescue
    Cholmeley,Browne Noakes, character on TV's "Call the Midwife"
  • Camilla Figg
    character on TV's "Dexter"
  • Camilla the Chicken
    Muppet character
  • Camilla "Cam" Lawson
    character in Jacqueline Wilson's "Tracy Beaker" novel and TV series
  • Camilla
    character from the video game Fire Emblem: Fates.
  • Camilla Parker
    character from Adventures in Odyssey