Camilla

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Camila in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, CL Chile and 11 more, Камила in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, KG Kyrgyzstan and 2 more, Kamila in PL Poland, CZ Czechia and Каміла in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Camilla is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Italian given name22K records spelled Camilla2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, Spain, United Kingdom

  Also written Camìlla

• French given name13K records spelled Camilla88 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Brazil, United States, Philippines

  Languages: French, Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Camille, Càmille, Horacia, Camïlle, Câmille

• a separate given name2.8K records spelled Camilla2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Sweden, United States, Italy

  Also written Cämïlla

63 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Camilla is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, y. female warrior who fought Aeneas;

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In French, Du latin Camillus; forme italienne/latine.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In German, ) Kamilla: weibl. Vom., weibli­ che Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Ministro di Dio

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

• In Swedish, a female given name popular from the 1960s to the 1990s

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Camilla Parker Bowlesb. 1947GBQueen consort of the United Kingdom since 2022
• Camilla Kvartoftb. 1968SESwedish television presenter
• Camilla Gunellb. 1970FIformer Premier of Åland
• Camilla Andersenb. 1973DKDanish handball player
• Camilla Läckbergb. 1974SESwedish crime writer
• Camilla Powerb. 1976GBBritish actress
• Camilla Filippib. 1979ITItalian actress
• Camilla Arfwedsonb. 1981GBEnglish actress
• Camilla Luddingtonb. 1983GBBritish actress (born 1983)
• Camilla Belleb. 1986USAmerican actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 861 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Camilla?

We estimate roughly 805 thousand people bear Camilla (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Camilla have the most bearers?

Camilla is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled camila.

Where is Camilla most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Camilla is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 240 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Camilla compared with other names?

In Argentina, Camilla is the 134th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Camilla a male or female name?

Camilla is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Camilla mean?

Recorded meaning: A warrior queen of the Volscians according to Virgil's Aeneid.