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.

Camilla Rank in US Top 1000

# 336 in the US

Camilla Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 536 on Nameberry

Camilla Popularity

• 336 US 2023
• 536 Nameberry 2024
• 188 Future 2028
• 478 England 2021
• 12 Italy 2022

20 Names Similar to Camilla

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Camilla.

• Camille
• Camila
• Camellia
• Cecilia
• Emilia
• Calliope
• Cassandra
• Anastasia
• Amalia
• Claudia
• Helena
• Bianca
• Cassia
• Catherine
• Colette
• Annabelle
• Calla
• Athena
• Agnes
• Cecily

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