Camilla suna ne na mata. Wanda Ya samo asali ne azaman mata na camillus, kalma ce ga matashi da ke aiki azaman acolyte a cikin al'adar tsohuwar addinin Roman, wanda yana iya zama asalin Etruscan. Munafuncin sunan sun hada da "Milly", "Millie", da "Mille". Sunan Camillo shine asalin Italiyanci na Camilla. An yi amfani da Camillus a matsayin mata masu hamayya a Rome, kuma Camilla za ta zama sifar mace ce ta wannan matan tun daga lokacin da cognomina ta zama sunayen dangi masu gado. Babban mashahurin mai wannan sunan a tarihin Roman shine Marcus Furius Camillus (c. 446 - 365 BC), wanda a cewar Livy da Plutarch, sun ci nasara sau hudu, ya kasance mai mulkin kama-karya sau biyar, kuma an girmama shi da taken "Wanda ya kafa na biyu na Rome ". A cikin Aeneid, Camilla shine sunan gimbiya na Volsci wanda aka ba shi a matsayin bawa ga allahiya Diana kuma aka tashe ta a matsayin "mayaƙiyar budurwa" ta nau'in Amazon . A cikin harshen Ingilishi, sunan ya shahara sosai Fanny Burney na Camilla na shekara ta alif 1796.