Meaning and Origin of: Cameron

Girl name origins & meanings

• Old English : Bent nose
• American : Crooked nose

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Boy name origins & meanings

• Old English : Bent nose

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Family name origins & meanings

• Scottish : as a Highland clan name it is from a nickname from Gaelic cam ‘crooked’, ‘bent’ + sròn ‘nose’.
• Scottish : in the Lowlands it is also a habitational name from any of various places called Cameron, especially in Fife.

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