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Camila is a feminine name used in Spanish and Portuguese. Behind the Name defines it simply as the "Spanish and Portuguese form of Camilla", and Wikipedia says the same, so its meaning is whatever meaning Camilla carries; neither source consulted for this profile states that meaning on the Camila page, so it is not given here. Behind the Name lists Camilla under Ancient Roman and Roman Mythology among the related forms, which points to a classical origin. In the United States, Camila ranked #19 for girls in 2025, and it is this Spanish spelling rather than the double-l Camilla that holds the higher position.

Behind the Name gives one sentence: Camila is the "Spanish and Portuguese form of Camilla." The Wikipedia page for Camila agrees, describing it as "the Portuguese and Spanish form of the given name Camilla." The meaning therefore belongs to the parent name. Behind the Name's list of related forms includes Camilla labelled Ancient Roman and Roman Mythology, so the root is classical, but the Camila entry itself does not gloss it and this profile does not supply a meaning from memory. The masculine forms Behind the Name lists are Camilo (Spanish and Portuguese).

Neither source consulted gives a dated history for the Spanish spelling. What can be said from them is structural: Camila is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Camilla, whose oldest labelled forms in Behind the Name's list are Ancient Roman and Roman Mythology, and the same list shows the name spread across Europe as Camilla (Danish, English, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish), Camille (English, French), Kamila (Czech, Polish, Slovak), Kamilla (Danish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Swedish) and Kamilė (Lithuanian). The Brazilian Portuguese variant is Camile. In the United States the Spanish form ranked #19 for girls in 2025.

Camila ranked #19 for girls in the United States in 2025 (Social Security Administration). Neither Behind the Name nor Wikipedia supplies rankings for Spain, Portugal or Latin America on the Camila page, so no other national figures are given here.

Behind the Name gives the Spanish pronunciation as /ka.ˈmi.la/, three syllables with the stress on the middle one; English speakers typically say it the same way, kah-MEE-lah. The other forms below are the ones Behind the Name lists under other languages; their pronunciations were not verified in this pass.

Camila reads as warm and rhythmic, with the middle-syllable stress that many currently favoured girls' names share, and the single-l spelling signals its Spanish and Portuguese identity even to readers who know the English Camilla better. It travels well: the same three syllables work in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and English, and the built-in short forms Cammie, Millie and Milla give it an informal register. Its popularity is the thing to weigh; at #19 it is a familiar name in American classrooms.

The Wikipedia page for Camila is a disambiguation page and names only two bearers; Behind the Name names none. The list below is therefore short by design rather than by omission.

Names that share Camila's Spanish and Portuguese setting, its parent-name family, or its three-syllable, middle-stressed sound.