Cameron

Cameron

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæm(ə)ɹən/

Proper noun

Cameron (countable and uncountable, plural Camerons)

1. A surname
   1. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic, see above.
   2. A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Ó Cumaráin, Ó Cumráin (“descendant of *Cumrán”).
2. A unisex given name
   1. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   2. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later usage.
3. A placename:
   1. A parish of Fife, Scotland. Perhaps from Pictish *cam (“crooked”) + *brun (“hill”).
   2. A locale in the United States:
      1. A census-designated place in the Navajo Nation territory, Coconino County, Arizona.
      2. An unincorporatedcommunity in Kern County, California; named for early settler George W. Cameron.
      3. An unincorporatedcommunity in Mendocino County, California.
      4. An unincorporatedcommunity in Illinois.
      5. An unincorporatedcommunity in Iowa.
      6. A census-designated place, the parish seat of Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
      7. A city in Missouri; named for early settler Malinda Cameron.
      8. An unincorporatedcommunity in Montana; named for founders James and Addison Bovey Cameron.
      9. A town in New York; named for early settler Dugald Cameron.
      10. A town in North Carolina.
      11. An unincorporatedcommunity in Ohio; named for the city in West Virginia.
      12. A town in Oklahoma; named for either mine inspector William Cameron or railroad official James Cameron.
      13. A town in South Carolina; named for the Scottish Highland Clan Cameron.
      14. A city, the county seat of Milam County, Texas; named for Republic of Texas army officer Ewen Cameron.
      15. A city in West Virginia; named for railroad worker Samuel Cameron.
      16. A town in Wood County, Wisconsin; named for lumber businessman James W. Cameron.
      17. A town in Barron County, Wisconsin; named for lawyer, banker and politician Angus Cameron.
      18. Three townships in the United States, in Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska, listed under Cameron Township.
   3. A place in Canada
      1. A rural municipality of Manitoba; named for lawyer, judge and politician John Donald Cameron.
      2. An unincorporated village in Ontario; named for either early settler Duncan Cameron or politician Matthew Crooks Cameron.

Alternative forms

• (male given name): Kameron, Camron
• (female given name): Camryn, Kamryn

Derived terms

• Cameron Bridge
• Cameron County
• Cameron Parish
• jamescameroni
• Pristimantis jamescameroni

 

Translations

surname

Arabic: كَامِيرُون‎ (kamirūn) Armenian: Քեմերոն (Kʿemeron) Belarusian: Кэ́меран (Kémjeran) Bulgarian: Ка́мерън (Kámerǎn) Chinese: Mandarin: 卡梅倫／卡梅伦 (zh) (Kǎméilún) Hebrew: קמרון‎ (he) Hindi: कॅमेरॉन (kĕmerŏn) Japanese: キャメロン (Kyameron) Korean: 캐머런 (Kaemeoreon) Persian: کامرون‎ (fa) Russian: Кэ́мерон (ru) m or f (Kɛ́meron), Ка́мерон m or f (Kámeron) Ukrainian: Ка́мерон (Kámeron)

male given name

Maori: Kamerona

town in the Navajo Nation

Navajo: Naʼníʼá Hasání

Anagrams

• Canmore, Cremona, Marenco, Menorca, Romance, romance