The first name Camille

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About the first name Camille

Meaning

The name Camille comes from an ancient Latin term connected with religious service; its precise sense as a name is specialized.

Historical origin

The name Camille comes from Latin Camillus or Camilla, a term for a young ceremonial attendant in ancient Rome.

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The use of Camille shows how names from Roman antiquity entered the European given-name repertoire.

Pronunciation:ca-millkam.ij

Frequency of the first name Camille by baptism year

The chart below shows the frequency of the first name Camille by the year of baptisms listed in Genealogy Quebec’s data. It highlights the periods when this first name appears most often and its evolution across generations.

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Annual evolution of the first name CamilleLine chart showing the frequency of the first name Camille in baptisms by year.10075502501765181418631912196120101765–1769 1 baptisms1805–1809 2 baptisms1810–1814 4 baptisms1815–1819 1 baptisms1820–1824 4 baptisms1825–1829 3 baptisms1830–1834 14 baptisms1835–1839 32 baptisms1840–1844 25 baptisms1845–1849 61 baptisms1850–1854 58 baptisms1855–1859 51 baptisms1860–1864 52 baptisms1865–1869 62 baptisms1870–1874 46 baptisms1875–1879 40 baptisms1880–1884 27 baptisms1885–1889 28 baptisms1890–1894 17 baptisms1895–1899 32 baptisms1900–1904 18 baptisms1905–1909 19 baptisms1910–1914 13 baptisms1915–1919 9 baptisms1920–1924 7 baptisms1925–1929 17 baptisms1930–1934 10 baptisms1935–1939 3 baptisms1940–1944 4 baptisms1945–1949 4 baptisms1950–1954 5 baptisms1955–1959 1 baptisms1960–1964 3 baptisms1970–1974 1 baptisms1980–1984 1 baptisms1990–1994 24 baptisms1995–1999 26 baptisms2000–2004 12 baptisms2005–2009 6 baptisms2010–2014 1 baptisms

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