campbell
/ˈkæmbəl/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.23 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name transferred from the surname, of 2000s and later usage.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "But Perry, Cabrera and Campbell could hear the Masters bird choir tweeting (that’s 140 characters or less, ornithologically speaking) over the quiet of the gallery following them."
- "The Campbell family’s fascination with white supremacy was vividly expressed in the names of Adolf’s two siblings, “Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell,” an homage to Heinrich Himmler, and “JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell.”² In selecting their children’s peculiar names, the Campbells had exercised a right specifically recognized in New Jersey statutory law, which states, “The designation of a child’s name including the surname is the right of the child’s parent(s).”³"
Etymology
* As a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic Caimbeul, from cam (“crooked”) + beul (“mouth”). Compare Cameron, from Scottish Gaelic cam (“crooked”) + sròn (“nose”). * As an Irish surname, from Mac Cathmhaoil (“son of Cathmhaol”), see Caulfield, Cowell. * As an English surname, variant of Camel, probably influenced by the above. * (duck breed): Developed by Adele Campbell.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Caimbeul, -
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- American usage
- Informal