Camilla

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Camilla Given Name
Meaning	"Attendant"
Origin	Roman, Arabic
Related names	Camella, Camila, Camilah, Camile, Camille, Kamila, Kamilah, Kamilla, and Kamille
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Camilla

The name Camilla originates from Latin and means "altar server". It derives originally from a term designating attendants in Roman religious ceremonies. In the nineteenth century it gained its greatest fame as a result of the novel and play by Dumas, The Lady of the Camellias, which served as the basis for Verdi's opera La Traviata and several films including Greta Garbo's Camille. It is a pet name and not the given name of the heroine, and the Latin root has no relation to the flower that is her symbol. The flower Camellia was named for Georg Joseph Kamel, who first described it in the 18th century. Kamilah has also its origin in Arabic (كاملة), in which it means perfect.

Variations of the name include: Camella, Camila, Camilah, Camile, Camille, Kamila, Kamilah, Kamilla, and Kamille.

Short forms: English: Cammy, Cam, Milly, Milla. Slovak: Kamilka.

Camilla may refer to:

[edit] People

• Camilla (mythology), the Roman mythological figure who was the daughter of King Metabus of the Volsci and a character in Virgil's Aeneid
• Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, the wife of Charles, Prince of Wales
• Camilla (singer), the British singer
• Camilla Dallerup, the British based Danish ballroom dancer
• Camilla Belle, an American actress
• La Camilla, the lead-vocalist of Army of Lovers

Fictional

• Camilla (Castlevania), one of Dracula's servants in the Castlevania series
• Camilla (muppet), the Muppet

[edit] Arts and literature

Another short form is Cami.

• Camilla (film), from 1994
• Camilla (play), by G. Jemison
• Camilla, a novel by Frances Burney (mentioned in Jane Austen's novel Northanger Abbey)
• Camilla, a.k.a. Camilla Dickinson, a novel by Madeleine L'Engle

[edit] Other

• Camilla, Georgia, a city in the United States
• 107 Camilla, an asteroid
• Camilla (ro-ro), a roll-on, roll-off bulk-carrier.

Song from the hit band, Basshunter.

• Camilla (botanical name), name of the genus that includes tea, Camilla sinensis

[edit] See also

• Camille