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CAMPBELL
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Nickname
USAGE:
Scottish
PRONOUNCED:
KAM-bəl
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Meaning & History
From a Gaelic nickname
cam béul
meaning "wry or crooked mouth". The surname was later represented in Latin documents as
de bello campo
, meaning "of the fair field".
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