Camenzind Family History
Camenzind Name Meaning
Swiss German: perhaps an occupational name for a builder of fireplaces and chimneys or a nickname for someone allowed his chimney to catch fire (for which the owner was fined) from Middle High German kamen ‘chimney fireplace’ + the base of the agent noun derived from zünden ‘to set on fire to burn’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022