Camden or Cameron?

Updated on October 19, 2011
N.R. asks from Birmingham, MI
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For a girl. Which would you prefer and why?

Her surname would be Kerr if that makes any difference, and i'd love to hear if anyone has any suggestions of names that have "Cam" as a nickname!

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B.P.

answers from New York on

Cameron is ok but it's really a boy's name. DON'T pick Camden, please. Camden is the WORST city in NJ. It's a beep-hole, crime ridden, mess. Camille is a gorgeous name is you want to call her Cam.

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T.S.

answers from San Francisco on

Cami, Camille, Camilla (ok, love the flower, not so crazy about the royal, lol, but it is a pretty name!)
I also love Carmella, Carmi, Carly.
I think both Camden and Cameron are pretty masculine but that's just my opinion :)

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A.L.

answers from Charleston on

I have a boy named Camden, and love it! I would have used it for a girl as well.

Camden, NJ is not the only city by that name. There is a very "southern" city in SC by the name and it is quite charming. :)

My husband and I don't do nicknames, so I can't help you there. Congrats and either name is beautiful!

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V.H.

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Cameron is a boys name and the surname of the British Prime Minister and Camden is a neighbourhood in London, England and combined with Kerr they sound like Camker which sounds like canker - a skin disease so I would avoid that if I was you!!
If you really want a C name how about Camille or Camilla or even Carmel, Carmillia or Cleo Amy Mary (CAM). My son is Casper Charlie and he gets called CC as his nickname so you could go this route and pick the first letter as the nickname........Congrats on your new arrival!!

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L..

answers from Roanoke on

I love Cameron for a girl. Camden sounds more like a boy's name.

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N.P.

answers from San Francisco on

The only people I know with the name Camden or Cameron are boys. Camilla sounds like the girl version to me!

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B.C.

answers from Tampa on

Camellia - white chanel flower.

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M.D.

answers from Washington DC on

I love both and have seem them for boys and girls. My son is Cameron...and if he had been a girl, he would have been Camryn. We call him Cam though and it is so cute :o). LOVE both names!!

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J.F.

answers from Bloomington on

I like Camden, but like the feminine spelling of Camdyn.

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M.M.

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Camden is awesome for a girl! Cameron is way over used for a boy or a girl.

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M.L.

answers from Colorado Springs on

I vote for Camden - I know there are girls named Cameron, but it registers as a boy's name with me.

What about Camille or Camellia?

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M.B.

answers from Orlando on

I like Camden :) and as far as it being a city name alot of cute names are cities! Like Brooklyn, Charlotte( which btw I lived here and it's CRAPPY) London just to name a few. I think the name is so cute and people just like to point out the negative about names....

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D.K.

answers from Pittsburgh on

Cameron is a people name. Camden is a place name (apologies to anyone with the name).

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L.M.

answers from Seattle on

I really like the spelling Laurie suggested. Cameryn. I have a daughter named Maysen.. I made it up :)

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M.W.

answers from San Francisco on

I absolutely love those names and know close friends and family that used them for girls but they feminized them a little. Camryn...Cameran and the other is spelled Kamdyn. I think both are awesome!!! They are all called Cammie/Kami for short.

Good luck and best wishes!!

E.A.

answers from El Paso on

I like camila.
Or even Camille
But Camden and Cameron sound like boy names to me

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J.V.

answers from Chicago on

Camden is a place. It isn't a name for people, if you ask me. Cameron is a boys name. In short, I don't like either.

In fact, I think it's funny how many boys names end up as girl's names in American. Ruari (Rory) means red kind in Gaelic. Yet, in America, we give the name Rory to girls.

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T.J.

answers from Seattle on

Camden! But honestly both with the hard C is a little much with Kerr. But I do love the name! I also like Camille, Camilla.

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C.H.

answers from Detroit on

I think Camden is a boys name. I have known girls be to named Cameron, but not with that spelling. If you go that route, I would suggest changing the spelling. I had a student named Kamryn once, she was a girl.

Otherwise I think Camille is nice. Or I had a friend named Camie, she pronounced it "kay-mee" but I noticed folks sometimes called her Cam for short.

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R.W.

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My son is named Cameron. Camden is also a boy name. Please don't choose one of those names unless you want your daughter to spend her entire life clarifying that she is a girl! How about Camilla or Cameri or Cambrie?

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S.S.

answers from Chicago on

Neither. They are boys names.

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H.J.

answers from Minneapolis on

My friends name is Kam...actual name not a nickname and she loves the name and I really like it...

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S.H.

answers from St. Louis on

I know a "Camie"....that's her birth name, not a nickname. Said with a long "a".

It's a beautiful name & works well with Kerr.

Not much on masculine names for girls....sorry! It makes life very hard for the boys....

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S.K.

answers from Dallas on

They both sound great with your last name.
I have seen Camryn, as well. (Without the e.)

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S.H.

answers from Honolulu on

Camden sounds like a boy.
Cameron a girl.

⊱.S.

answers from Los Angeles on

I like Laurie's suggestion, very pretty and a more feminine spelling. Maybe Cambria, with Cami for short? Lovely little town, that Cambria, btw :)

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L.S.

answers from San Diego on

I like Cameron for a girl. My cousin also used this name for her daughter but spells it differently. She spells it like this: Camryn. Very pretty name and unusual too.

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☆.A.

answers from Pittsburgh on

Cam (gaelic) means "man with a crooked nose"!
But Cami is very cute, as is Camryn or Cameryn.

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J.K.

answers from Phoenix on

I like them both. I know someone named Camery. I like Cameron better.

C.T.

answers from Santa Fe on

I love Cameron for a girl. Camden just sounds like such a boy name to me. We have a good little friend named Camden and he is ALL boy!

L.M.

answers from New York on

Personally I think they both sound boy-ish. But if I were to choose, I'd say Cameron and spell it Cameryn. Nickname Cam, Cammi.

J.✰.

answers from San Antonio on

When I saw the subject line, I thought they were boy name suggestions. I was going to say "Camden" for a boy b/c Cameron could go either way. So IMO - a girl would be Cameron.

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