Kaempen meaning | Last name Kaempen origin

Lastname Kaempen is a variation of the Camper. Anglo-Saxon cempa, a combatant.

Lastname Kaempen is a variant form of Kampen. Of Kampen, i.e., fields.

Lastname is a variant of Kampe. The warrior or soldier; also an athlete or wrestler.

Surname Kaempen is the form of the Camp. Dweller in, or near, a field.

Kaempen is the variant of Kamp. The warrior or soldier; also an athlete or wrestler.

Variant of Camp. Aluric Camp or Campa was a Domesday tenant in the eastern counties. Author supposes that he was a champion; but he had held under Edward the Confessor, and, as Ellis observes, the office of champion does not occur so early. It is doubt less connected with Kemp, In Selkirkshire, camp still means "brisk, active, spirited."

Kaempen is a variant form of the Camps. Many localities where Roman, Saxon, or other ancient earthworks exist are so called.