It derived from the Roman cognomen Camillus.
Camille name origin. Cami Camie Kam Kamie. From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman. Origin of the name Camille.
It is also used in the English-speaking world where it is generally only feminine. Users of this name Zany Successful smart Insightful Successful in Business Life Lucky Science enthusiast. Back in the day Camillus meant a boy who helped the priests during Mass.
Ka-MEE French kÉ™-MEEL English Color of CAMILLE name. Its related Latin meaning is serving at the altar which requires pureness. The French form of Camilla or Camillus.
In American Baby Names the meaning of the name Camille is. Is fit nameYou can give to your baby with complacency. Origin Any African American American Indian Anglo-Saxon Arabic Armenian Basque Celtic Chechen Chinese Dutch English French Gaelic German Ghanaian Greek Hawaiian Hebrew Hindi Hindu Hungarian Indian Irish Italian Japanese Korean Latin Muslim Native American Nigerian Persian Polish Punjabi Russian Sanskrit Scandinavian Scottish.
Over 10000 Names - Their Meaning Origins and Spiritual Significance by Dorothy Astoria or Arabic Baby Name Book. In English speaking ones it is only a girls name. Camille comes from the French Camilla which gets its Latin heritage from Camillus an old Roman surname.
The meaning of this name Swiftness of Foot. French feminine and masculine form of Camilla. Camillus came to be used as a cognomen in Rome and Camilla would be the feminine form of this cognomen from a period when cognomina had become hereditary clan names.