Cameron

Cameron · proper noun¹

1. Scottish Gaelic · borrowed fromCamshròn
2. English todayCameron

From Scottish Gaelic Camshròn, from cam (“crooked, bent”) + sròn (“nose”). Compare Campbell, from Scottish Gaelic cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”).

Cameron · proper noun²

1. Irish · derived fromÓ Cumaráin
2. English todayCameron

An anglicization of Irish Ó Cumaráin, Ó Cumráin (“descendant of *Cumrán”).

Cameron · proper noun³

1. Pictish · derived from*cam“crooked”
2. English todayCameron

Perhaps from Pictish *cam (“crooked”) + *brun (“hill”).

Words from the same roots