Camille (given name)
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Camille is the French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 form of a Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...

 name, Camillus
Camillus
In ancient Rome, a camillus was an acolyte in various rituals. If the camillus was a child of the cult's officiant , the child had to be free-born and under the age of puberty, and both parents had to be alive.Camillus was also a cognomen derived from the general term, most famously used by...

, that may have meant an attendant at a religious ceremony. In French, it is pronounced kaˈmij, not kəˈmɪl as in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

. Indeed, the "ill" called the "l mouillé", is the French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 equivalent of the "gl", "ll" and "lh" from fellow Latin languages Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...

, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

, Occitan, Catalan
Catalan language
Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...

 and Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

 and is pronounced "y".

It may also refer to:
  • Camille, a male or female name
  • Camille, the French for Camilla
    Camilla
    -People:* Camilla , including a list of people with the name* Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, the wife of Charles, Prince of Wales-Arts and literature:* Camilla , daughter of King Metabus and Casmilla in Roman mythology...

     but not necessarily with the same meaning as the Latin.

People with the name

  • Camille (singer), a French singer and musician
  • Camille Anderson
    Camille Anderson
    Camille Constance Anderson is an American actress and model. Camille was a contestant in the 2004 WWE Diva Search, where she was eliminated second. Her biggest role to date was in the movie Wedding Crashers along with Owen Wilson...

     (born 1981), an American actress and model
  • Camille Catala
    Camille Catala
    Camille Catala is a French football player currently playing for AS Saint-Étienne of the Division 1 Féminine. Catala plays as a striker and has been active with the France women's national football team on the youth circuit...

    , a French football player
  • Camille Chamoun
    Camille Chamoun
    Camille Nimr Chamoun was President of Lebanon from 1952 to 1958, and one of the country's main Christian leaders during most of the Lebanese Civil War ....

     (1900–1987), a former president of Lebanon
  • Camille Claudel
    Camille Claudel
    Camille Claudel was a French sculptor and graphic artist. She was the elder sister of the poet and diplomat Paul Claudel.- Early years :...

     (1864–1943), a French female sculptor
  • Camille Corot
    Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
    Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot was a French landscape painter and printmaker in etching. Corot was the leading painter of the Barbizon school of France in the mid-nineteenth century...

     (1796–1875), a French painter
  • Camille Dalmais
    Camille Dalmais
    Camille Dalmais, better known as Camille , is a French singer, songwriter and occasional actress.-Early life:...

     (born 1978), a French singer, better known as Camille
  • Camille De Pazzis
    Camille De Pazzis
    Camille de Pazzis is a French actress most famous for starting in the French series La vie devant nous. She is also a face of Lancôme.-Filmography:-References:...

    , a French actress
  • Camille Desmoulins
    Camille Desmoulins
    Lucie Simplice Camille Benoît Desmoulins was a journalist and politician who played an important role in the French Revolution. He was a childhood friend of Maximilien Robespierre and a close friend and political ally of Georges Danton, who were influential figures in the French Revolution.-Early...

    , a French journalist and revolutionary
  • Camille Flammarion
    Camille Flammarion
    Nicolas Camille Flammarion was a French astronomer and author. He was a prolific author of more than fifty titles, including popular science works about astronomy, several notable early science fiction novels, and several works about Spiritism and related topics. He also published the magazine...

     (born 1842), a French astronomer and author
  • Camille Huard
    Camille Huard
    Camille Huard is a retired boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics. There he was defeated in the third round of the men's featherweight division by Poland's eventual bronze medalist Leszek Kosedowski.-References:*...

     (born 1951), a French-Canadian boxer
  • Camille Jordan
    Camille Jordan
    Marie Ennemond Camille Jordan was a French mathematician, known both for his foundational work in group theory and for his influential Cours d'analyse. He was born in Lyon and educated at the École polytechnique...

     (born 1838), a French mathematician
  • Camille Lacourt
    Camille Lacourt
    Camille Lacourt is a French backstroke swimmer. He was born in Narbonne, France.-2010:Lacourt collected 3 gold medal at the European Championships, Lacourt became European Champion in the 100 m backstroke before French compatriot Jérémy Stravius in a time of 52.11...

     (born 1985), a French swimmer
  • Camille O'Sullivan
    Camille O'Sullivan
    Camille O'Sullivan is a Irish singer, actress, and entertainer. -Background:...

    , a French-Irish cabaret singer traveling with the Spiegeltent
  • Camille Paglia
    Camille Paglia
    Camille Anna Paglia , is an American author, teacher, and social critic. Paglia, a self-described dissident feminist, has been a Professor at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania since 1984...

     (born 1947), an American author
  • Camille Pin
    Camille Pin
    Camille Pin is a former French professional tennis player. Pin played right-handed and is 162 cm, or 5' 3¾" tall....

     (born 1981), a French tennis player
  • Camille Pissarro
    Camille Pissarro
    Camille Pissarro was a French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of St Thomas . His importance resides in his contributions to both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, as he was the only artist to exhibit in both forms...

     (1830–1903), a French impressionist painter
  • Camille Saint-Saëns
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French Late-Romantic composer, organist, conductor, and pianist. He is known especially for The Carnival of the Animals, Danse macabre, Samson and Delilah, Piano Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1, Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, and his Symphony...

     (1835–1921), French composer
  • Camille Sée
    Camille Sée
    Camille Sée was a French politician who was born in Colmar.As the pioneer of the 1880 French law which established Lycées for girls, he also created the École normale supérieure in Sèvres in 1881....

     (1847–1919), a French politician

Fictional characters

  • Camille Bidan, the protagonist of the anime series Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
  • Princess Camille, protagonist of Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
  • Camille, the main villainess in Power Rangers Jungle Fury
  • Camille Montes, the lead Bond girl in the 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace
  • Camille, a pseudonym used by Prince
    Prince (musician)
    Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...

     during the late 1980s and early 1990s
  • Camille Leon, a fictional shapeshifting character from Kim Possible portrayed by Ashley Tisdale
  • Camille Saroyan
    Camille Saroyan
    Dr. Camille Saroyan, M.D. is a fictional character in the American television series, Bones. She is portrayed by Tamara Taylor. Camille was introduced as a forensic pathologist in The Titan on the Tracks, Season 2, Episode 1, as the head of the Forensic Division, a new division formed during the...

    , character of the TV series Bones
    Bones (TV series)
    Bones is an American crime drama television series that premiered on the Fox Network on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent...

  • Camille the Wood Elf, Character of Troll Tales
    Troll Tales
    Troll Tales is an animated television show based on the book by Henning Kure. it involves three young trolls called Snapper, Tumbler and Willy Wee.- Show Overview and Structure :...

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