For one Scottish surname formation: crooked plus mouth.
This is a historical descriptive surname expression, not a description of a modern child’s appearance. It does not apply automatically to the separate Irish or English surname formations.
Origin
Scottish, Irish, and English surname-transfer traditions
The entry explicitly records given-name transfer from a surname with distinct Scottish Gaelic, Irish patronymic, and English surname traditions. Those origins are not collapsed into one universal literal meaning.
English pronunciation
/ˈkæmbəl/
English reading from the entry with explicit male and female given-name transfer; the P is not separately sounded in this recorded pronunciation.
Recorded English reading, as published. Accents and preferred pronunciations can differ.
Published name usage
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
Latest published record available for this spelling in each place and recorded usage
Place
Year
Recorded usage
Published births
Rank
Notes
Canada
2025
Girls
14 · preliminary
1668
2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published.
Canada
2025
Boys
17 · preliminary
1374
2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published.
France
2008
Boys
5 (rounded to 5)
5671
Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published.
England & Wales
2013
Girls
4
4739
Historical source: not all years independently cross-checked. Rank basis: source published.
England & Wales
2025
Boys
12
2014
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published.
Northern Ireland
2005
Boys
3
307
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published.
Scotland
2025
Boys
10
333
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published.
United States
2025
Girls
474
617
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts.
United States
2025
Boys
337
763
Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts.
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
Sources & notes
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Meaning: For one Scottish surname formation: crooked plus mouth.
Checked against cited source
This is a historical descriptive surname expression, not a description of a modern child’s appearance. It does not apply automatically to the separate Irish or English surname formations.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin: Scottish, Irish, and English surname-transfer traditions
Checked against cited source
The entry explicitly records given-name transfer from a surname with distinct Scottish Gaelic, Irish patronymic, and English surname traditions. Those origins are not collapsed into one universal literal meaning.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
English pronunciation: /ˈkæmbəl/
Checked against cited source
English reading from the entry with explicit male and female given-name transfer; the P is not separately sounded in this recorded pronunciation.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.