Camilla
[kəˈmɪl.ə]Meaning
feminine form of the Latin name Camillus
Background Story
Camilla is the feminine form of Camillus. It was the name of a legendary warrior maiden of the Volsci in Virgil's Aeneid, and it was popularized in the English-speaking world by Fanny Burney's novel Camilla in 1796. The name is used in Czech, French, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Slovak and Spanish.
Temperament
Variations
Camila, Kamilla
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