Definition of "Cameron"

A surname

1. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic, see above.  examples

2. A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Ó Cumaráin, Ó Cumráin (“descendant of *Cumrán”).  examples

A unisex given name

1. A male given name transferred from the surname.  examples

2. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1970s and later usage.  examples

A placename:

1. A parish of Fife, Scotland. Perhaps from Pictish *cam (“crooked”) + *brun (“hill”).  examples

2. A locale in the United States:

   1. A census-designated place in the Navajo Nation territory, Coconino County, Arizona.  examples

   2. An unincorporated community in Kern County, California; named for early settler George W. Cameron.  examples

   3. An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.  examples

   4. An unincorporated community in Illinois.  examples

   5. An unincorporated community in Iowa.  examples

   6. A census-designated place, the parish seat of Cameron Parish, Louisiana.  examples

   7. A city in Missouri; named for early settler Malinda Cameron.  examples

   8. An unincorporated community in Montana; named for founders James and Addison Bovey Cameron.  examples

   9. A town in New York; named for early settler Dugald Cameron.  examples

   10. A town in North Carolina.  examples

   11. An unincorporated community in Ohio; named for the city in West Virginia.  examples

   12. A town in Oklahoma; named for either mine inspector William Cameron or railroad official James Cameron.  examples

   13. A town in South Carolina; named for the Scottish Highland Clan Cameron.  examples

   14. A city, the county seat of Milam County, Texas; named for Republic of Texas army officer Ewen Cameron.  examples

   15. A city in West Virginia; named for railroad worker Samuel Cameron.  examples

   16. A town in Wood County, Wisconsin; named for lumber businessman James W. Cameron.  examples

   17. A town in Barron County, Wisconsin; named for lawyer, banker and politician Angus Cameron.  examples

   18. Three townships in the United States, in Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska, listed under Cameron Township.  examples

3. A place in Canada

   1. A rural municipality of Manitoba; named for lawyer, judge and politician John Donald Cameron.  examples

   2. An unincorporated village in Ontario; named for either early settler Duncan Cameron or politician Matthew Crooks Cameron.  examples