Cameron

Cameron meaning

Cameron is an international boy's name of Scottish Gaelic origin.

Crooked or hooked nose: Gaelic camshron

Also used to mean: crooked nose

Cameron is the name of a Scottish Highland clan. The Online Etymology Dictionary traces it to Gaelic camshron, "wry or hooked nose", from cam, "crooked", and sròn, "nose", probably first a nickname for a forebear; the Lowland family of the same name takes it from a place in Fife. The neighbouring clan name Campbell is built the same way, from "crooked mouth". As with many clan names, the literal meaning is rarely in mind today, and Cameron is now also a first name. It is easy to say, and the short form Cam is friendly.

Source: Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), s.v. Cameron · entry Cameron · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Online Etymology Dictionary, Cameron · Online Etymology Dictionary, Campbell

Popularity abroad

• #76 United States, boys 2025 (down 10 from 66 in 2024)
  US Social Security Administration
• #216 England and Wales, boys 2025
  Office for National Statistics

Official birth registrations. India publishes no national name statistics.

Spellings

Cameron · Kameron · Camron

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