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Camilla (female)

Variants:Camille (F) Kamila (F)
Diminutive(s):Milla (F)
Pet Name(s):Millie (F) Milly (F)
Derivative of:Camillus (M)
Feminine form:Camilo (M)
Masculine form:Camille (M) Camillo (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG

Chambers Dictionary [2003]
Notes:

English and Italian, from the Roman family name [Camillus:m], derivation unknown.  Chambers suggests it could be the title of a free-born attendant at a sacrifice;  Virgil named a queen of the Volsci tribe Camilla.
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