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 [ 3 syll. ca-me-ron, cam-er-on ] The girl name Cameron is also used as a boy name, and more commonly so. It is pronounced KAEMerahN KEY. Cameron's origin is Celtic, and its use, English and Scottish. The name Cameron means 'crooked nose'. Derived from cam 'crooked' ; shron 'nose'. It represents the transferred use of the surname as a given name. See Cameron for more info. Cameron has 20 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name include Cameri, Camesha, Cameshia, Camrin, Camron, Camryn, Kamerin, Kamren, Kamrin, Kamron, and Kamryn. Other English forms include the short form Cam, the pet form Cami, and the spelling variants Cameran, Cameren, Kameren, Kameron, Kammeron, and Kamyron. The Gaelic Cameryn is a form of Cameron that is used in foreign languages. Cameron is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1970s; prior to that, it was of only very modest use. At the height of its usage in 1999, 0.092% of baby girls were named Cameron. It had a ranking of #176 then. In 2008, it ranked at #320 with a usage of 0.051%. Within the family of girl names directly related to Cameron, the English Camryn was the most widely used. It was more regularly used than Cameron by 35% in 2008. Cameron has in the last century been mainly given to boys. There were 8 times more boys than girls who were named Cameron in 2007. Baby names that sound like Cameron include the English Cameran, the English Cameren, the Gaelic Cameryn, the English Kameren, the English Kameron, the English Kammeron, the English Kamyron, the English Camrin, the English Camron, the English Camryn, the English Kamerin, the English Kamren, the English Kamrin, the English Kamron, and the English Kamryn. A famous person named Cameron is Actress Cameron Diaz, born 30 August 1972, Long Beach, California. KEY: Pronunciation for Cameron: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
