Meaning and origin of Cameron

Origin: Celtic

Meaning: Crooked nose. Nickname of a Highland chieftain with a crooked nose.


Origin: Gaelic

Meaning: Crooked. From the Celtic Cameron meaning Crooked nose. Nickname of a Highland chieftain with a crooked nose.


Origin: Scottish

Meaning: Clan name meaning bent nose.


Origin: Scottish

Meaning: Derives from a Scottish surname; from the Gaelic meaning crooked or bent nose. A common first name in Scotland, and in 2Oth century Canadian and Australian families of Scottish descent.
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Meaning and origin of Cameron

The boy's and girl's name Cameron \c(a)-me-ron\ is pronounced KAM-er-en. It is of Scottish and Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "crooked nose". Highlands clan name derived from the facial feature. Nickname of an especially valorous ancestor that became the surname of one of the oldest clans in Scotland. There were also Camerons in the Lowlands, linked with Cambernon in Normandy.

Cameron has 8 variant forms: Cam, Camaeron, Camedon, Camren, Camron, Camry, Kameron and Kamrey.


Baby names that sound like Cameron are Kamron and Kamryn.

Cameron is a popular male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census).
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Origin and meaning of Cameron

Cameron
Scottish
Mixed
crooked nose
Meaning&Origin
Cameron is a Scottish boys and girls name.
The meaning of the name is `crooked nose`.
Where is it used?
The name Cameron is mainly used in Scottish and in English.
How do they say it elsewhere?
Kameron (In English (Modern))
Camron (In English)
If it's too long people might use:
In English: Kam
For opposite sex use:
In English: Kamryn (F)
In English: Camryn (F)
Statistics
The name Cameron was given to 9863 babies in the USA in 2004. Cameron was the number 59 name that year. In 2005, the name was given to 1257 babies making it the number 252 name that year.
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