04 January 2019

Origin Of Campbell Was Wry-Mouthed?



Highland papers (1914), Volume II




1.  It is generally admitted that the name [Campbell] is purely Gaelic and due to the epithet Caim-beul or wry-mouthed, given to some early chief.... .  A similar name is Cameron---Caim-shroin, wry-nosed.



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