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 25115^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 988 individuals. Cambre is most common among White (87.85%) individuals.

Anagrams

• camber, cembra

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?”) + the zero grade of *mrogis (“mark, territory”).

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

Related terms

• 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.