Cameron - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Cameron \c(a)-me-

, also used as girl's name Cameron, 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 very common first name for men (#336 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#561 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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