Camerin
Masculine · “A spelling of Cameron”
Camerin is given to both — 584 boys and 236 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Camerin is Cameron with its last vowel written as an i, a name given to boys and to a real minority of girls. The Cameron name also belongs to the cool tea country in the hills of Malaysia, named for the surveyor who mapped it.
How old is the name Camerin?
Camerin first appears in US birth records in 1987 — 38 years ago. The typical Camerin alive today was born around 2005, making them about 20 years old. About 600 people named Camerin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Camerin most popular?
Camerin peaked in 2007, reaching #2811 nationally. See the whole 2007 chart.
Where it comes from
From Cameron to Camerin
The story of Camerin
The last syllable of Cameron is unstressed, and English can write its short vowel as o or i; Camerin takes the i. In the hills of the Malay Peninsula, a British surveyor called William Cameron reported finding a broad plateau during a mapping expedition; it was named the Cameron Highlands, and with its cool air it became a hill station and one of Malaysia's great tea-growing regions. Camerin is one of the spellings American families have used for Cameron.
Meaning
A spelling of Cameron, a Scottish clan name
Cameron is a Scottish clan name and surname. Camerin writes the last vowel with an i.
How the name formed
- Cameron
- Camerin
Related forms: Cameron
Pronouncing Camerin
KAM-er-in
Three syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Camerin
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1987
- Most boys named
- 200742 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2811reached in 2007
- Change vs 2020
- +60.0%8 in 2023, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Camerin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Cameron in English — spelling variant
Camerins among us
people named Camerin are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Camerin sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds like Cameron, a name everyone knows.
- Comes with Cam as a ready short form.
- Works for either child.
- Almost everyone will write Cameron.
- Most children with this spelling are boys, but a real minority are girls; either may be taken for the other.
- The i may be read as a slip.
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Frequently asked
- How many Camerins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Camerin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Camerin in 2025?
- Camerin is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Camerin with classmates?
- Camerin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with C, all years combined.
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