Camella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kuh-MEL-ah
- Origin
- Latin
Camella is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “young ceremonial attendant”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Camella mean?
Latin: variant of Camilla, perhaps influenced by camellia
“young ceremonial attendant”
A variant of Camilla, the name of the warrior maiden in Virgil's Aeneid.
Is Camella a girl's or a boy's name?
Camella is a girls' name.
How popular is Camella in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1960, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1909.
Half of all the girls named Camella in the US since 1880 were born between 1940 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
Camella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,695 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,361 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 16 | #3,711 |
| 1969 | 20 | #3,011 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,455 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,210 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,265 |
| 1965 | 17 | #3,049 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,107 |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,863 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,591 |
| 1961 | 15 | #3,317 |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,511 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 13 | #3,378 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,320 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,570 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,479 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 16 | #2,576 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,422 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,849 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,529 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,624 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,694 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,157 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,300 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,380 |
| 1927 | 17 | #2,168 |
| 1926 | 16 | #2,256 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1924 | 18 | #2,136 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,124 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,940 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,263 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 18 | #2,028 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,383 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,740 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,957 |
Nicknames for Camella
- Cami 7 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Camella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Loretta, Regina, Sylvia, Estella, Stella, Clara, Camilla, Marcella, Laura, Celia, Alma, Priscilla
Names related to Camella
Camila, Camille, Camellia, Camelia, Camilia, Camilah, Camillia
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Camella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/camella, updated 20 October 2026.