English

Proper noun

Camilla ‎(plural Camillas)

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

Translations

Danish

Alternative forms

• Kamilla

Etymology

From Latin Camilla.

Proper noun

Camilla

1. A female given name.

References

• 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.

Italian

Proper noun

Camilla f

1. A female given name.

See also

• Camillo
• camilliano

Anagrams

• camalli

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
• 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.

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
• 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.

Spanish

Noun

camilla f ‎(plural camillas)

1. stretcher, gurney