Given name & surname
Kamran
“having a crooked nose”
Kamran is a variant of Kameron. One English interpretation is “having a crooked nose.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kamran is a variant of Kameron. One English interpretation is “having a crooked nose.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kamran through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,408
- 2,398 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 94 babies
- 2025
- 50
- #2,624 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −16%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 50 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,624 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 16.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 94 in 2007. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,047 as a first name in 2020; 1,193 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.
Kamran’s family of names
Kamran has a related form in Kameron. In English usage, Kamran has a related form in CUMRUN.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 Kamran
- Kamran MirzaMughal prince1512–1557
- Kamran AzizTurkish Cypriot musician and pharmacist1922–2017
- Kamran AgayevAzerbaijani footballerborn 1986
- Kamran AkmalPakistani cricketerborn 1982
- Kamran Mir HazarHazara Norwegian poet, journalist, human rights activist, and founder/editor of Kabul Press and Digital Hazaristan.born 1976
- Kamran BaghirovSoviet politician (1933–2000)
- Kamran Mirza Nayeb es-SaltanehIranian field marshal (1856-1929)
- Kamran DibaIranian architectborn 1937
- Kamran InceAmerican composerborn 1960
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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