Cambre

See also: cambre

English

Proper noun

Cambre (plural Cambres)

  1. A surname from Anglo-Norman.

Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Cambre is the 25115th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 988 individuals. Cambre is most common among White (87.85%) individuals.

Anagrams

Galician
Santa María de Cambre church

Etymology

Attested as Calambre since the 10th century, in local Medieval Latin documents, and later as Caambre in Medieval Galician. From a substrate Celtic language, from a compound of *kala- (“stone?”)[1] + the zero grade of *mrogis (“mark, territory”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkɑmbɾɪ]

Proper noun

Cambre

  1. A municipality of A Coruña, Galicia
  2. Santa María de Cambre (a parish of Cambre, A Coruña, Galicia)
  3. Santa Martiño de Cambre (a parish of Carballo, A Coruña, Galicia)
  4. A village in Cambre, Carballo, A Coruña, Galicia
  5. a habitational surname
  • Cambrelle

References
  • “Calambre” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “Cambre” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • “Cambre” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Delamarre, Xavier (2012) Noms de lieux celtiques de l'Europe ancienne (-500 / +500): dictionnaire, Arles: Errance, →ISBN
  2. Cf. Cabeza Quiles, Fernando (2021) Toponimia de Carballo‎, Real Academia Galega, →ISBN, retrieved 10 April 2021, page 46.
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