My Parents Decided There Weren't Enough Scottish Names Out There So They Gave Me Three of Them Blog #4
Recently, I learned that my name is essentially just a mosh pit of the most Scottish sounding names my parents could think of. The first clan my name derives from is Clan Cameron. There are many theories regarding where the Camerons originated from, but the most popular of these theories claims that they originally descended from the son of the Royal Family of Denmark who assisted in the restoration of Kind Fergus II of Scotland. He was given the name Cameron as a derivation from the Scottish Gaelic word cam-shròn, meaning crooked nose. The other theories regarding the Clan's origins have to do with well known chiefs and kings as well. Clan Cameron reportedly fought for Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn during the Wars of Scottish Independence. According to my father, Clan Cameron is a West Highland Clan in the lands of Lochaber, Within those lands lies the mountain Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the British Isles whose summit is an impressive 1,345 meters above sea