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Girl · Scottish Gaelic
Camryn
Say it: KAM-rin
Meaning
A modern spelling of Cameron, a Scottish clan name usually derived from Gaelic cam sròn 'crooked nose'.
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This spelling was used for American girls from the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1990s
In the United States
- 31,713 babies given this name since 1974
- At its height in 1999, about 1 in 866 girls
- 869 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Cameron, Camren
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Where this comes from
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.