Cameron is a Scottish surname and thus somewhat common throughout the English-speaking world.
| Language(s) | English, Scots |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Scottish Gaelic |
| Derivation | Gaelic |
| Meaning | "Crooked nose" |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Camarran, Camshron, Chamarran, Chamshron |
There are several possible origins. One is from a Gaelic-language nickname, derived from cam ("crooked", "bent") and sròn or abhainn ("nose", "river"). Another is from any of the various places called Cameron, especially such places located in Fife, Edinburgh or Lennox, Scotland.[1] The English-language surname can be rendered into Scottish Gaelic as: Camarran[2] (masculine), Chamarran (feminine); or as Camshron[3] (masculine) and Chamshron (feminine).[citation needed]
List of people with the surname
edit- Alan Cameron (disambiguation)
- Alexander Cameron (disambiguation)
- Alfred B. Cameron (1855–1913), American politician from Maryland
- Allan Cameron (disambiguation)
- Angus Cameron (disambiguation)
- Archie Cameron (1895–1956), Australian politician
- Arti Cameron (born 1988), Guyanese model
- Bill Cameron (disambiguation)
- Cam Cameron (born 1961), American football head coach
- Candace Cameron (born 1976), U.S. actress
- Chantelle Cameron (born 1991), British boxer
- Caressa Cameron (born 1987), American beauty
- Carl Cameron (born 1961), U.S. television journalist
- Charles Cameron (architect) (1745–1812), Scottish architect
- Charlie Cameron (footballer, born 1994), Australian rules footballer
- Christina Cameron (born c. 1947), Canadian writer and architectural historian
- Colin Cameron (disambiguation)
- Cordelia Cameron, Australian actor-manager
- Cornelia C. Cameron (1911–1994), American geologist
- Daniel Cameron (disambiguation)
- David Cameron (disambiguation)
- Daz Cameron (born 1997), American baseball player
- Donald Cameron (disambiguation)
- Doug Cameron (born 1951), Australian politician (ALP) and trade unionist
- Douglas Colin Cameron (1854–1921), Canadian politician
- Dove Cameron (born 1996), U.S. actress
- Duncan Cameron (disambiguation)
- Earl Cameron (1917–2020), Bermudian actor
- Earl Cameron (broadcaster) (1915–2005), Canadian broadcaster
- Elsie Cameron (died 1924), British murder victim
- Elspeth Cameron (born 1943), Canadian writer
- Eoin Cameron (1951–2016), Western Australian radio personality
- Ewan Cameron (1922–1991), Scottish physician
- Ewen Cameron (disambiguation)
- Geoff Cameron (born 1985), U.S. footballer
- Hector Charles Cameron (1878–1958), British paediatrician
- Hector Clare Cameron (1843–1928), Scottish surgeon
- Jake W. Cameron (1913–1999), American politician, former mayor of Bossier City, Louisiana[4]
- James Cameron (disambiguation)
- Jeremy Cameron (born 1993), Australian rules footballer
- Jeremy Cameron (author), British author
- Jock Cameron (1905–1935), South African cricketer
- John Cameron (disambiguation)
- John Allan Cameron (1938–2006), Canadian folksinger
- Julia Cameron (born 1948), writer
- Julia Margaret Cameron (1815–1879), British photographer
- Kenneth D. Cameron (born 1949), U.S. astronaut
- Kirk Cameron (born 1970), U.S. actor
- Kyle Cameron (born 1997), footballer
- Lisa Cameron (economist) (born 1967), Australian economist
- Malcolm Cameron (disambiguation)
- Margaret Cameron (disambiguation)
- Marjorie Cameron (1922–1995), American actress, artist and occultist
- Mark Cameron (disambiguation)
- Matt Cameron (born 1962), U.S. hard rock musician
- Matthew Crooks Cameron (1822–1887), Canadian politician
- Maximilian Cameron aka Maxym Kryvonis (died 1648), one of the leaders of Khmelnytsky Uprising
- Mike Cameron (born 1973), U.S. Major League Baseball player
- Paul Cameron (born 1939), U.S. psychologist
- Pero Cameron (born 1974), New Zealand professional basketball player
- Peter Cameron (disambiguation)
- Phil Cameron (born 1972), British entrepreneur, owner of No.1 Traveller and former West End producer
- Rafael Cameron (born 1951), Guyanese-American singer
- Ralph H. Cameron (1863–1953), U.S. Senator from Arizona (1921–1927)
- Reba Cameron (1885-1959), American nurse
- Richard Cameron (disambiguation)
- Robert Cameron (disambiguation)
- Ron Cameron (disambiguation)
- Rondo Cameron (1925–2001), economic historian
- Roy Cameron (1923–2006), Australian public servant and diplomat
- Ross Cameron (born 1965), Australian politician
- Samantha Cameron (born 1971), British businesswoman, wife of politician David
- Scotty Cameron (born 1962), American golf club maker primarily known for manufacturing putters
- Sean Cameron (disambiguation)
- Silver Donald Cameron (1937-2020), Canadian writer
- Simon Cameron (1799–1889), U.S. politician
- Tassie Cameron, Canadian television writer
- Verney Lovett Cameron (1844–1894), English traveller
- Violet Cameron (1862–1919), English actress and singer
- W. Bruce Cameron (born 1960), U.S. humorous writer
Fictional characters
edit- Dr. Angus Cameron, in the BBC television series Dr. Finlay's Casebook
- Dr. Alexander Cameron, in the television series Doctor Finlay
- Dr. Allison Cameron, in the television series House
- Dr. David Cameron, in the television series Queer as Folk
- Kiera Cameron, in the television series Continuum
- Tracker Cameron, in Degrassi: The Next Generation
See also
edit- Clan Cameron, Scottish clan of the name
- Cameron (given name), given name and surname
- Cam (name), given name and surname
References
edit- ^ Learn about the family history of your surname, Ancestry.com, archived from the original on 23 June 2012, retrieved 28 July 2011. This webpage cited: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4. In the Scottish Lowlands the surname indicates that the original bearer lived in either Cameron near Edinburgh, Cameron in Lennox, or Cameron in Fife. Thus, the name in the Lowlands is of territorial origin, from one of the three places mentioned.[1] [2]
- ^ Maceachen, Ewan (1922), Maceachen's Gaelic-English Dictionary (4, revised and enlarged ed.), The Northern Counties Newspaper and Printing and Publishing Company, pp. 470–471.
- ^ Mark, Colin (2006), The Gaelic-English Dictionary, London: Routledge, p. 718, ISBN 0-203-22259-8.
- ^ Bossier City History, [1]
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