Given name
Camryn
“crooked nose”
Camryn is a variant 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
Camryn is a variant 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.
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Where it comes from
Camryn is a variant of Cameron. The Highland surname has a Gaelic background. Some Lowland families may instead have acquired it through a Norman place-name surname.
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How it developed
Camryn is a variant 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 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Camryn is a variant 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.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Camryn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 35,657
- 4,698 boys · 30,959 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 2,164 babies
- 2025
- 707
- #477 for girls · #2,234 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 14% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 644 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 477 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 10.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 2,048 in 1999. It also appeared in 63 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (50). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 28,532 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Camryn
- Camryn ManheimAmerican actressborn 1961
- Camryn RogersCanadian hammer throwerborn 1999
- Camryn GrimesAmerican actressborn 1990
- CamrynAmerican pop singer and actress from Denver, Colorado1999–2025
- Camryn BynumAmerican football cornerbackborn 1998
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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