Given name
Cammie
“a ceremonial attendant; a noble virgin”·“crooked nose”
In English use, Cammie is a diminutive of Camilla. In Italian use, Camilla carries the interpretation “a ceremonial attendant; a noble virgin.” In English use, Cammie is a diminutive of Cameron. The Highland surname grew from a historical nickname meaning “crooked nose.” This describes the nickname’s origin, not anyone who bears the name today.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Cammie is a diminutive of Camilla. In Italian use, Camilla carries the interpretation “a ceremonial attendant; a noble virgin.” In English use, Cammie is a diminutive of Cameron. The Highland surname grew from a historical nickname meaning “crooked nose.” This describes the nickname’s origin, not anyone who bears the name today.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Cammie is a diminutive of Cameron. The Highland surname has a Gaelic background. Some Lowland families may instead have acquired it through a Norman place-name surname.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Cammie is a diminutive of Cameron. In English usage, Cammie is a diminutive of Camilla. In English use, Cammie is a diminutive of Cameron. The shared background comes through Cameron: Gaelic cam shron explains the Highland form. A separate proposed route connects some Lowland Camerons with Cambernon in Normandy.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Cammie is a diminutive of Cameron. The history of Cameron gives this family its wider story. The surname is associated with a Highland clan and later became a given name.
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Cammie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,974
- 28 boys · 3,946 girls
- Most popular year
- 1968
- 145 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,579 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −33%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,579 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 145 in 1968. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,003 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cammie’s family of names
In English usage, Cammie is a diminutive of Cameron. In English usage, Cammie has a related form in CAMMY. In English usage, Cammie is a diminutive of Camilla.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Cammie
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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