Kamala is a common Indian name, meaning 'Lotus'. Some people named Kamala include:

• Kamala, a common epithet of the Hindu Goddess Lakshmi
• Kamala, a Mongol prince.
• Kamala Das, an Indian writer.
• Kamala Nehru, wife of Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru
• Kamala, a character in the novel Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
• Kamala, an 8 year old girl discovered in 1920, who was raised by wolves in India
• Kamala, the stage name of professional wrestler Jim Harris
• Kamala (The Matrix), a fictional character in the science fiction film The Matrix Revolutions