The name 'Camilla' originates from Latin and means "attendant". 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.
Variations of the name include: Camella, Camila, Camilah, Camile, Camille, Kamila, Kamilah, Kamilla, and Kamille.
'Short forms.' ''English:'' Cammy. ''Slovak:'' Kamilka.
People and things named 'Camilla' include:

★ Camilla (Castlevania), one of Dracula's servants in the ''Castlevania'' series

★ ''Camilla (film)'', from 1994

★ Camilla, the British singer

★ Camilla, the Muppet

★ Camilla (mythology), the Roman mythological figure who was the daughter of King Metabus of the Volsci and a character in Virgil's ''Aeneid''

★ ''Camilla (play)'', by G. Jemison

★ Camilla Belle, an American actress

★ Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, the wife of Charles, Prince of Wales

★ Camilla, Georgia, a city in the United States

★ 107 Camilla, the asteroid

★ La Camilla, the lead-vocalist of Army of Lovers

★ ''Camilla'', a novel by Frances Burney (mentioned in Jane Austen's novel ''Northanger Abbey'')

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