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Feminine

Camryn

/ˈkæm.rɪn/

Crooked nose

Scottish

How to say it

CAM · ryn

/ˈkæm.rɪn/

What it means

A feminine respelling of Cameron, a Scottish surname meaning 'crooked nose.'

Camryn is a girls' respelling of Cameron, a Scottish clan name from the Gaelic cam sron, literally 'crooked nose,' an unflattering root the name long ago outgrew. The Y spelling reads distinctly female and modern. Actress Camryn Manheim helped it along. Cam is the short. Said KAM-rin.

Popularity over time

#10 #100 #1000 #1 #1154118802025

peaked at #158 in 1999, currently #477 in 2025.

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, names given to at least 5 babies in a year, 1880–present. See where the names are moving

Heads-up notes

  • Nickname

    Cam.

  • Spelling

    A feminine respelling of Cameron.

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