Camilla

Where Camilla comes from

From Latin Camilla, feminine form of old Roman family name Camillus, of obscure and probably non-Latin origin.
— Wiktionary's entry for Camilla
  • Latin
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #738 among girls — 6 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1974
    Camilla Läckberg born
    Swedish crime writer
  3. 1986
    Camilla Belle born
    American actress
  4. 2020
    Peak, #263
    1,169 babies named Camilla — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Camilla Belle · American actress, born 1986
  • Camilla Läckberg · Swedish crime writer, born 1974
  • Camilla Collett · Norwegian author and women's rights activist, 1813–1895
  • Camilla Herrem · Norwegian handball player, born 1986
  • Camilla Luddington · British actress, born 1983

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.