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Cameron

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Cameron ♂, ♀ (Scottish) Transferred use of the surname, which in the Highlands is derived from Gaelic cam sròn ‘crooked nose’, and in the Lowlands is apparently an assimilated form of a Norman baronial name derived from Cambernon in Normandy. It is very popular as a boy's name, and now also occurs as a girl's name.

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Cameron

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Cameron ♂, ♀ Transferred use of the Scottish surname. As a given name it has gained wide and popular currency in the English-speaking world, and is now also used as a girl's name.

Variant: Camron; Kameron, Kamran (modern respellings).

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Cameron

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Cameron •Aran, Arran, baron, barren, Darren, Karen, Sharon, yarran •Biafran, saffron •plastron • Saharan • Sumatran •heron, perron •rhododendron • chevron •Aaron, Charon, Dáil Eireann •apron •matron, patron •Libran •decahedron, dodecahedron, octahedron, polyhedron, tetrahedron •children • citron • grandchildren •stepchildren • godchildren •schoolchildren •Byron, Chiron, environ, Myron, siren •sporran, warren •squadron • Cochran •Andorran, Doran, Lauren, loran •cauldron •Kieran, Madeiran, schlieren •Honduran, Van Buren •Aldebaran • Auberon • Acheron •Cameron, Decameron •cateran, Lateran •veteran •dipteran, hemipteran •lepidopteran • Lutheran

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