Kamryn

Kamryn is an Americanized respelling of the Scottish male name Cameron. Cameron ultimately comes from a medieval Highland Scottish clan name and is derived from a nickname, from the Gaelic words “cam” meaning “crooked” and “sròn” meaning “nose” (the clan’s original ancestor is believed to have had a crooked nose, hence his nickname). The Highland Cameron family was known for their courage and ingenuity, and their clan motto is a Gaelic phrase meaning “unite.” In the Lowlands of Scotland, the clansmen are thought to have a territorial origin from the lands of Cameron near Edinburgh. The first recorded spelling of the Scottish family name appeared in the 13th century as “de Kamerun”. Surnames became widespread in Britain during the Middle Ages as a means of identification for the purposes of taxation. Due to the high rate of illiteracy in medieval England, as well as the disparity among local dialects, the pronunciations and spellings of surnames developed slowly over time into their modern standardized forms. Cameron is the traditional spelling of this now popular Scottish masculine given name. Kamryn, however, turns the soft three-syllable Cameron into a two-syllable name. The “kreative” respelling of names is mostly an American trend, although such mutations also appear on the charts of Canada and Australia. Swapping a “K” for names that typically start with “C” is particularly trendy in some circles.