Given name & surname
Campbell
“having a crooked mouth”
Campbell is used as a given name and a surname. One Scottish interpretation is “having a crooked mouth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scottish interpretation is “having a crooked mouth.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scottish.
How it developed
It entered given-name use through an existing surname.
The story
Its naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Campbell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13,514
- 6,214 boys · 7,300 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 811 babies
- 2025
- 811
- #617 for girls · #764 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +39%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 46% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 474 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 617 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 32.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 337 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (59). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 10,224 as a first name in 2020; 370,555 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Campbell’s family of names
In English usage, Campbell has a diminutive in Camp. Campbell has a related form in Cambell. Campbell has a related form in Camp.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Campdiminutive · English
- Cambelvariant
- Cambellvariant
- Campbellevariant
- Campbeullvariant
- Campbeulvariant
- Cambeullvariant
- Cambeulvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Campbell
- Campbell ScottCanadian American actor and film director (born 1961)
- Campbell StewartNew Zealand cyclistborn 1998
- Campbell WrightNew Zealand and American biathlete and cross-country skierborn 2002
- Campbell WalshScottish slalom canoeistborn 1977
- Campbell FlakemoreAustralian bicycle racerborn 1992
- Campbell Newman38th Premier of Queenslandborn 1963
- Campbell Bestfootballerborn 1986
- C. Bascom SlempAmerican politician (1870-1943)
- Campbell ArmstrongScottish author (1914–2013)1944–2013
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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