English Explanatory Dictionary

Cameron

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. A unisex given name.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later usage.
  5. A placename:
  6. A locale in the United States:
  7. A census-designated place in the Navajo Nation territory, Coconino County, Arizona.
  8. An unincorporated community in Kern County, California; named for early settler George W. Cameron.
  9. An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
  10. An unincorporated community in Warren County, Illinois.
  11. An unincorporated community in Iowa.
  12. A census-designated place, the parish seat of Cameron Parish, Louisiana.
name
  1. A surname from Irish.
name
  1. A parish of Fife, Scotland.

Pronunciation

/ˈkæm(ə)ɹən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cameron.wav

Word forms

Cameron Camerons Kameron Camron Camryn Kamryn

Etymology

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

Derived words

Cameron Bridge Cameron County Cameron Highlands Cameron Parish Camerons Creek Cameron Toll jamescameroni Mount Cameron Pristimantis jamescameroni South Mount Cameron

Translations

Arabic: كَامِيرُون Armenian: Քեմերոն Belarusian: Кэ́меран Bulgarian: Ка́мерън Chinese Mandarin: 卡梅倫 /卡梅伦 Greek: Κάμερον Hebrew: קמרון Hindi: कॅमेरॉन Japanese: キャメロン Korean: 캐머런 Marathi: कॅमेरन Persian: کامرون Russian: Кэ́мерон Russian: Ка́мерон Ukrainian: Ка́мерон Māori: Kamerona
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