Camilla
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See also: camilla
English
Etymology
From Latin Camilla, feminine form of old Roman family name Camillus, of obscure and probably non-Latin origin.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Camilla (countable and uncountable, plural Camillas)
- A warrior queen of the Volscians according to Virgil's Aeneid.
- A female given name from Latin.
- 2011, Ann Cleeves, Hidden Depths, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 165:
- Fancy southern names which she couldn't remember five minutes after they'd told her. Camilla? Amelia? Jemima? It didn't matter. Ashworth would have made a note of them.
- A city, the county seat of Mitchell County, Georgia, United States.
Translations
female given name
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Danish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Proper noun
Camilla
- 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
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Camilla f
- a female given name
See also
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kaˈmil.la/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈmil.la/,
Proper noun
Camilla f sg (genitive Camillae); first declension
- a female given name
- Camilla, a warrior queen in the Aeneid
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Camilla |
| genitive | Camillae |
| dative | Camillae |
| accusative | Camillam |
| ablative | Camillā |
| vocative | Camilla |
Descendants
Norwegian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Proper noun
Camilla
- 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
- 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.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Camilla c (genitive Camillas)
- a female given name popular from the 1960s to the 1990s
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 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.