Kamryn is a modern American spelling of Cameron, a Scottish surname from the Gaelic cam sron, "crooked nose", the nickname of a clan founder. The K spelling and the -yn ending mark it as a girls' version, in line with Kaylee and Kendall. In the United States Kamryn ranked number 335 in 2000, peaked at number 269 in 2008 and ranks number 556 among girls' names in 2025.