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Camilla
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camilla
English
Etymology
From en la Camilla, feminine form of old Roman family name Camillus, of obscure and probably non-Latin origin.
Pronunciation
en /kəˈmɪlə/
Proper noun
~ s
A warrior queen of the Volscians according to Virgil's Aeneid.
en female Latin.
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Derived terms
en :Camillagate Camillagate
Translations
female given name
Belarusian: be Камі́ла f
Czech: cs Kamila f
Danish: da Camilla, da Kamilla
French: fr Camille f
Greek: el Καμίλλη f
Hungarian: hu Kamilla
Italian: it Camilla f
Latin: la Camilla f
Latvian: lv Kamilla f, lv Kamila f
Lithuanian: lt Kamilė f
Norwegian: no Camilla, no Kamilla
Polish: pl Kamila f
Portuguese: pt Camila f
Russian: ru Ками́лла f
Slovak: sk Kamila f
Spanish: es Camila f
Swedish: sv Camilla f
Ukrainian: uk Камі́ла f
Danish
Alternative forms
da Kamilla
Etymology
From da la Camilla.
Proper noun
da female
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
Pronunciation
Camìlla
Proper noun
f
it female
See also
it Camillo
it camilliano
Anagrams
it aacillm camalli
Latin
Pronunciation
Camilla
Proper noun
Camilla<1> f
la female
Camilla (mythology) Camilla, a warrior queen in the Aeneid
Declension
Camilla<1>
Descendants
da Camilla
en Camilla
it Camilla
no Camilla
sv Camilla
Norwegian
Alternative forms
no Kamilla
Etymology
From no la Camilla.
Proper noun
no proper noun
no female
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, 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 sv la Camilla through literature. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1817.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Camilla.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female popular from the 1960s to the 1990s
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 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.