Camel Family History
Camel Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin) and French: nickname from Norman French came(i)l ‘camel’ (from Latin camelus classical Greek kamēlos) possibly denoting a clumsy person or someone with long legs. It may also be a topographic or habitational name referring to a house with a sign depicting a camel (although surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in English); compare 5 below. English: possibly a habitational name from Queen Camel and West Camel in Somerset early recorded as Camel(le) possibly a Celtic name from canto- ‘border district’ and mēl ‘bare hill’. English: variant of Campbell from an assimilated pronunciation. Americanized form of German Keimel . Americanized form of German Camehl Kamehl or Kämmel cognates of 1 above applied as a habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a camel a common house sign in central Europe in the later Middle Ages.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022