Cameron
Its Celtic root gives a blunt meaning: "crooked nose". Barely a hundred people in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met one, and newborns almost never get it now.
Cameron Pronunciation
Cameron is pronounced tsah-ME-ron (/t͡saˈmɛrɔn/).
What Cameron means
Where Cameron comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Cameron began as a Scottish nickname. The Gaelic `cam sròn` meant crooked nose, and it described a face before it named a person. From that came the surname of Clan Cameron, one of the old Highland clans, and only later a given name that spread across the English-speaking world.
The Celtic root sits oddly against modern use. Few who use the name now picture a crooked nose. The meaning held while the name shifted from clan to surname to first name, then out of Scotland into England and beyond.
The name traveled.
In a Polish class register, Cameron stands among the Kacpers and Antonis as an import, spelled the English way. It has no Polish name-day here, and no diminutive that has settled into use.
Cameron keeps its short meaning without softening it: crooked nose, krzywy nos.
How many people are named Cameron
1 in 215618 men in Poland is named Cameron. 106 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3308 among male names.
Cameron's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Cameron as a middle name
Cameron is a first name for 106 men in Poland and a middle name for another 50, a 68/32 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1062nd, between Benedict (50) and Hadi (50).
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#1060 Adrien50
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#1061 Benedict50
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#1062 Cameron50
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#1063 Hadi50
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#1064 Hossain50