Camm
See also: camm
English
Etymology
- As an English and Norman surname, from Caen in Normandy.
- Also as an English surname, named for the Cam river, from the Celtic root of Old Irish camm (“crooked, bent”). This adjective also has surname derivatives from Scottish Gaelic and Welsh.
- As a German surname, spelling variant of Kamm.
Proper noun
Camm
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Camm”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 275.