Camden

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A male given name from surnames
• Named for Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, who in 1791 started selling lots from his manor.
• Named for Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden, for his legal and legislative advocacy of civil liberties and his opposition to harshness toward the North American colonies
• minor city Ray County (county) Missouri (state) ; probably named for an early settler.
• town New South Wales (state) ; named for {{w John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden, who arranged for the grant of land}}.
• Camden Fort Meagher, named for John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1795-98
• community Nova Scotia (province).

Origin

• From Old English campas ("enclosure") + denu.