Camille (given name)

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Camille is a Latin-French unisex name.

History

The form Camille was later associated with the heroine of Dumas' The Lady of the Camellias (1848), which served as the basis for Verdi's opera La Traviata and several films. In Dumas' novel, Camille is not the given name of the heroine; this name was applied to her in derived works in the English-speaking world, presumably because of the similarity in sound to the floral name Camellia (which was coined by Linnaeus (1753) after the name of the Czech Jesuit missionary Georg Joseph Kamel).

The name Camille was given to the heroine as early as in a silent film of 1915, but it became widely known (and led to the increased popularity of the given name in the United States) with Greta Garbo's Camille of 1936.

Male

Camille Arambourg (1885–1969), French paleontologist
Camille Bob (1937–2015), American rhythm and blues singer and musician
Camille Bombois (1883–1970), French painter
Camille Bulcke (1909–1982), Belgian Jesuit missionary
Camille Chamoun (1900–1987), former president of Lebanon
Camille Chat (born 1995), French rugby union player
Camille Combal (born 1981), French television presenter
Camille Cordahi (1919–2011), Lebanese footballer
Camille Chevillard (1859–1923), French composer and conductor
Camille Corot (1796–1875), French painter
Camille Danguillaume (1919–1950), French cyclist
Camille Decoppet (1862–1925), Swiss politician
Camille Delamarre (born 1979), French film editor and film director
Camille Desmoulins (1760–1794), French journalist and revolutionary
Camille Doucet (1812–1895), French poet and playwright
Camille Dreyfus (chemist) (1878–1956), Swiss chemist
Camille Ferdinand Dreyfus (1849–1915), French politician
Camille du Locle (1832–1903), French opera librettist
Camille Erlanger (1863–1919), French opera composer
Camille Everardi (1824–1899), Belgian opera singer
Camille Flammarion (1842–1925), French astronomer and author
Camille Flers (1802–1868), French painter
Camille Gira (1958–2018), Luxembourgish politician
Camille Graeser (1892–1980), Swiss painter
Camille Guérin (1872–1961), French scientist
Camille Gutt (1884–1971), Belgian economist, politician, and industrialist
Camille Henry (1933–1997), Canadian ice hockey player
Camille Hilaire (1916–2004), French painter
Camille Huard (born 1951), French-Canadian boxer
Camille Huysmans (1871–1968), Belgian politician
Camille Jenatzy (1868–1913), Belgian racing driver
Camille Jordan (1838–1922), French mathematician
Camille Jordan (politician) (1771–1821), French politician
Camille Jullian (1859–1933), French historian
Camille Lacourt (born 1985), French swimmer
Camille Laurin (1922–1999), Canadian psychiatrist and politician
Camille le Tellier de Louvois (1675–1718), French clergyman
Camille Lefèvre (1853–1933), French sculptor
Camille Lemonnier (1844–1913), Belgian writer
Camille Libar (1917–1991), Luxembourgish footballer
Camille Lopez (born 1989), French rugby union player
Camille Malfroy (1839–1897), New Zealand engineer and politician
Camille Mandrillon (1891–1969), French biathlete
Camille Mansour (born 1945), Palestinian academic
Camille Matignon (1867–1934), French chemist
Camille Mauclair (1872–1945), French writer
Camille Montagne (1784–1866), French botanist
Camille Ournac (1845–1925), French politician
Camille Pelletan (1846–1915), French politician and journalist
Camille Pilet (1926–1994), Swiss watch salesperson and cult member
Camille Pissarro (1830–1903), French-Danish impressionist painter
Camille Pleyel (1788–1855), French musician
Camille Roqueplan, French painter
Camille Rousset (1821–1892), French historian
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921), French composer
Camille Sée (1847–1919), French politician
Camille Silvy (1834–1910), French photographer
Camille Solon (1877–1960), British muralist and ceramist of French descent
Camille Teisseire (1764–1842), French politician and businessman
Camille Thériault (born 1955), Canadian politician
Camille Tissot (1868–1917), French physicist
Camille Alphonse Trézel (1780–1860), French general
Camille van Camp (1834–1891), Belgian painter

Female

Camille Anderson (born 1978), American actress and model
Camille Babut du Marès, Belgian violinist
Camille Berlin (1866–?) was a French painter.
Camille Bonora (born 1956), former Muppet performer
Camille Catala (born 1991), French football player
Camille Cheng (born 1993), Hong Kong competitive swimmer
Camille Claudel (1864–1943), French sculptor
Camille Cosby (born 1944), American philanthropist
Camille Coduri (born 1965), British actress
Camille Cottin (born 1978), French actress and comedian
Camille Dalmais (born 1978), French singer and musician, better known as Camille
Camille De Pazzis (born 1978), French actress
Camille Drevet (1881–1969), French anti-colonialist, feminist, and pacifist activist
Camille de Morel (1547–1611), French poet and writer
Camille Ford (born 1981), American television personality, actress and producer
Camille Froidevaux-Metterie (born 1968), French philosopher, researcher and professor
Camille Goldstone-Henry, Australian businesswoman and wildlife scientist
Camille Grammer (born 1968), American reality television star
Camille Guaty (born 1976), American actress
Camille Herron (born 1981), American long-distance runner
Camille Jedrzejewski (born 2002), French sport shooter
Camille Keaton (born 1947), American actress
Camille Kitt (born 1988), American actress and identical twin sister of Kennerly Kitt
Camille Kostek (born 1992), American model and actress
Camille Levin (born 1990), American soccer player
Camille Munro (born 1991), Miss World Canada winner
Camille Muffat (1989–2015), French swimmer
Camille Natta (born 1977), French actress
Camille Norment (born 1970), Norwegian-American multimedia artist
Camille O'Sullivan (born 1970), British musician, vocalist and actress
Camille Paglia (born 1947), American professor, author and critic
Camille Pin (born 1981), French tennis player
Camille Prats (born 1985), Filipino actress
Camille Ralphs (born 1992), English poet and critic
Camille Rasmussen (born 2004), Danish gymnast
Camille Rowe (born 1990), French model and actress
Camille Saviola (1950–2021), Italian-American actress and singer
Camille Seaman (born 1969), American photographer
Camille Stewart, American cybersecurity attorney
Camille Sullivan (born 1975), Canadian actress
Imbi-Camille Tamm (born 1970), Estonian violinist, better known as Camille
Camille Thurman (born 1986), American jazz saxophonist and vocalist
Camille Vasquez (born 1984), American lawyer
Camille Villar (born 1985), Filipina politician
Camille Zimmerman (born 1995), American basketball player

Fictional characters

Camille Raquin, Thérèse's first husband in Zola's Thérèse Raquin
Camille (1936 film)
Princess Camille, protagonist of Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
Camille, the main villainess in Power Rangers Jungle Fury
Camille Miraflor-Legaspi, main character from the Philippine romantic drama series Marry Me, Marry You, portrayed by Janine Gutierrez
Camille Castillo, a character from the Philippine action drama series FPJ's Batang Quiapo, portrayed by Yukii Takahashi
Camille Montes, the lead Bond girl in the 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace
Camille, a pseudonym used by Prince during the late 1980s and early 1990s
Camille Leon, a fictional shapeshifting character from Kim Possible portrayed by Ashley Tisdale
Camille Saroyan, character of the TV series Bones
Camille the Wood Elf, character in Troll Tales
Camille Bordey, a detective sergeant in the BBC series Death In Paradise
Camille, a main character in the French TV series Les Revenants
Camille Kenney, from Puppet Master II, portrayed by Nita Talbot
Kamille Bidan, the protagonist of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Camille Preaker, protagonist of Sharp Objects
Camille, a fighter style champion in League of Legends
Camille O'Connell, see List of The Originals characters
Camille Valentini, an assistant and later junior agent in Call My Agent!
Camille Wallaby, a character in Alfred Hedgehog
Camille Belcourt, a vampire in Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments series
Camille, a character from Project Moon's game Limbus Company

References

[https://www.etymonline.com/word/camilla "Camilla"]. ''[[Online Etymology Dictionary]]''.

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