The camm Surname
camm Name Meaning and History
- English (of Norman origin): habitational name for someone from Caen in Normandy, France.
- English: habitational name from Cam in Gloucestershire, named for the Cam river, a Celtic river name meaning ‘crooked’, ‘winding’.
- Scottish and Welsh: possibly a nickname from Gaelic and Welsh cam ‘bent’, ‘crooked’, ‘cross-eyed’.
- Americanized spelling of German Kamm.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 24 - Messages: 57
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Camm/Cham/Cam family came Red Marley D'Abitot Worcestershire | Barry Gardner | 1 |
| CAMMs of Aldgate, London |
 daviwright
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| Thomas Camm of Brockville, Ontario |
johnstowncamms
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| Camms in Yorkshire and nearby in 1700''s | Jean Camm | 3 |
| Camm - Yorkshire gravestone | Wendy Sutherland | 0 |
| James CAMM & Mary Ann AUSTIN m.1865 Rokewood, Vic |
ianberick
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| CAMM DEATH RECORDS; Sonoma County, CA | Lori J. Wicks | 0 |
| CAMM of Nottingham | Lesley | 1 |
| Corporal Robert D Camm Jr 3523rd army |
jw112646
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| John Camm/Elizabeth Hansford relationship to Alfred Morris(s)on/Irene Turnage |
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