Cambria

Where Cambria comes from

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Cambria, from Middle Welsh Kymry, from Proto-Brythonic *kömrüɣ, plural of *kömroɣ. Doublet of Cumberland, Cumbria, and Cymru. Cognate with Welsh Cymru.
— Wiktionary's entry for Cambria
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Cambria through the years
  1. 1963
    First appearance
    #5,891 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2012
    Peak, #932
    275 babies named Cambria, the most in any year.
  3. 2023
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,595.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Cambria in Wikidata.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.