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CAMPBELL
SOURCE: Nickname
USAGE: Scottish
PRONOUNCED: KAM-bəl   [key]
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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