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Meaning of the nameCamili

Camili is a feminine name, one of the Brazilian spellings of Camile, a variant of Camila, which comes from Latin Camilla, the feminine of the Roman name Camillus.

Meaning

The meaning of Camili is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
11,029
Rank in Brazil
#1,596
Median age
15 years
2010 Census
14,887
people

Camili in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Camili, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (6,817 people).

10,961 women 68 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Camili is most common

States with the highest share of people named Camili in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Santa Catarina 0.013%
  2. Rio Grande do Sul 0.012%
  3. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.010%
  4. Paraná 0.010%
  5. Mato Grosso 0.010%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo2,8980.007%
Rio Grande do Sul1,2780.012%
Paraná1,1100.010%
Santa Catarina9570.013%
Rio de Janeiro7640.005%
Minas Gerais6350.003%
Pará6240.008%
Bahia3830.003%
Mato Grosso3520.010%
Pernambuco2830.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul2810.010%
Espírito Santo2550.007%
Goiás1760.003%
Amazonas1490.004%
Rondônia1280.008%
Ceará1110.001%
Maranhão1010.002%
Paraíba900.002%
Amapá860.012%
Rio Grande do Norte730.002%
Alagoas630.002%
Sergipe500.002%
Piauí440.001%
Distrito Federal400.001%
Roraima390.006%
Tocantins310.002%
Acre280.003%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Camili

The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Camili, Camilly, Camily, Kamilly, Kamily, Kamili and Camilli among the spelling variants of Camile, which Behind the Name defines as a Portuguese variant of Camila. Camila is a form of Camilla, the feminine of Camillus, and Camilla is the name of a legendary Volscian warrior in the Aeneid, by Virgil. According to Behind the Name, Camillus was a Roman cognomen probably of Etruscan origin and of unknown meaning. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 11,029 people named Camili, most of them born in the 2000s. The spellings in the group vary between an initial C or K, a single or doubled L, and a final I or Y.

It has an initial C, a single L and a final I, the form closest to Camile.

Other spellings of Camili

SpellingPeople (2022)
Kamilly19,051
Camilly18,820
Camily13,324
Camili11,029
Kamily8,913
Kamili2,550
Camilli1,948

Sources

  1. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Camile · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  2. Behind the Name: Camile · behindthename.com · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Camilla · behindthename.com · origin
  4. Behind the Name: Camillus · behindthename.com · origin
  5. Wiktionary: Camila · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Camili

What does the name Camili mean?

The meaning of Camili is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Camili in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 11,029 people with the first name Camili, which ranks it number 1,596 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Camili a boy's or a girl's name?

Camili is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 10,961 women and 68 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Camili?

Camili is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Camili most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.013% of the state's population is named Camili (957 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Camili?

Kamilly, Camilly, Camily, Kamily, Kamili and Camilli. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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