Camilo

Spellings & scripts●

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 15 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◐

Camilo is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Lao given name11K records spelled Camilo35 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Spain

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written คามิโล, Cämïlö, Cämilö, Cámíló, Câmîlô

• Polish given name2.7K records spelled Camilo2 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Cämïlö

• Russian given name1.6K records spelled Camilo8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, Spain, Peru

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Камило, Kamilo, Câmïlō

• Croatian given name881 records spelled Camilo18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Spain, United States, Bosnia & Herzegovina

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Kamilo, Камило, Çämîlö, Цамило, Čâmîlô

55 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●

Camilo is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Portuguese, (L Camillus, a Roman family name of Etruscan origin).

  as a name·A dictionary of surnames

• In English, Spanish/Italian form of Latin Camillus

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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●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 124 years between 1901–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Pío de Tristánb. 1773PEnot in their usual nameViceroy of Peru
• Camilo Castelo Brancob. 1825PT19th-century Portuguese writer (1825–1890)
• Camilo Pessanhab. 1867PTPortuguese poet (1867-1926)
• Camilo José Celab. 1916ESSpanish writer (1916–2002)
• Camilo Torresb. 1929COColombian theologian (1929-1966)
• Camilo Cienfuegosb. 1932CUCuban revolutionary fighter and guerilla (1932–1959)
• Juan Camilo Zúñigab. 1985COColombian footballer
• Camilo Vargasb. 1989COColombian association football player
• Camilob. 1994COColombian singer
• Cucho Hernándezb. 1999COnot in their usual nameColombian footballer

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 · 866 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Camilo?

We estimate roughly 37 thousand people bear Camilo (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Camilo have the most bearers?

Camilo is most frequently recorded in Colombia, where it is most often spelled camilo.

How common is Camilo compared with other names?

In Colombia, Camilo is the 19th most common given name of 99,385 given names recorded there.

Is Camilo a male or female name?

Camilo is a male 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 Camilo mean?

Recorded meaning: (L Camillus, a Roman family name of Etruscan origin).