Kamila
Meaning
variant of Camila; traditionally "attendant at a religious ceremony"
The story
Kamila is Camille's story told in two more languages. It is the standard form in Polish and Czech, a K-classic across Slavic Europe, and the K-spelling of Camila for Spanish-speaking families, the same Roman camillus underneath, the child attendant at sacred ceremonies. Camille's twelve-decade staircase anchors this site one batch back; Kamila is the newer American arrival: about 390 in the 1990s, 2,700 in the 2000s, 9,600 in the 2010s, and 7,200 so far this decade. One figure is absolute: across the whole record, not one boy, 20,100 girls to zero. Two immigrant roads, Warsaw's and Guadalajara's, arriving at the same four syllables: the K is not a respelling fashion here but two authentic orthographies agreeing, which makes Kamila that rare thing, a crossover that never had to cross.
Kamila around the world
One shared root links 4 names across 4 languages.
Shared root: from Latin camillus "acolyte, a youth serving in ritual", borne in legend by the warrior maiden Camilla
The constellation
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Kamila peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Popularity in Brazil
31,743 people · the #784 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 6,410 · median age 25
Among people named Kamila living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 488 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Kamila
Most people given the name Kamila in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Kamila deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Kamila truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Kamila fits with your family’s names and surname.
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