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Origin and Meaning of Cambridge

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  1. A university in England
    Synonyms: cambridge university
  2. A city in eastern England on the River Cam; site of Cambridge University
  3. A city in Massachusetts just to the north of Boston; site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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From Middle English Cantebrigge, Grentebrige, from Old English Grante bryċġ, Granta-briċġ, Grantanbryċġ (“Granta-bridge”). Granta is probably of Celtic origin, identified as Brythonic settlement, Cair Grauth. See Cam.

By Middle English when the name of the settlement had changed to "Cantebrigge" and eventually "Cambridge", the lower stretches of the River Granta were renamed Cam by back-formation from Cambridge.

  1. A city and local government district of Cambridgeshire, England famous for its university.
  2. Cambridge University.
    He went to , you know.
  3. A village, the county seat of Henry County, Illinois, United States.
  4. A city, the county seat of Dorchester County, Maryland, United States.
  5. A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, famous for being the location of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was formerly one of the county seats.
  6. A city, the county seat of Isanti County, Minnesota, United States.
  7. A city, the county seat of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States.
  8. A town and village in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States.
  9. A city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
  10. A town in the Waikato, New Zealand.

Cambridge was also found in the following language(s): Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish

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Notable Persons Named Cambridge

Notable Persons Named Cambridge

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Cambridge

Notable Persons With the Last Name Cambridge

Godfrey Cambridge

Godfrey Cambridge was an actor, stand-up comedy, and standup comedian. Godfrey was given the name Godfrey MacArthur Cambridge on February 26th, 1933 in New York City. He died on November 29th, 1976.

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Lady Mary Cambridge

Lady was given the name Lady Mary Ilona Margaret Cambridge by her parents George Cambridge and 2nd Marquess of Cambridge on September 24th, 1924. She passed away on December 13th, 1999.

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Isabel of Cambridge

Isabel of Cambridge is royalty. She holds the title Countess of Essex.

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The Baroness Brown of Cambridge

The Baroness Brown of Cambridge is a scientist. The was given the name Julia Elizabeth King on July 11th, 1954.

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Margaret Cambridge

Margaret Cambridge was royalty. Margaret was born as the child of Hugh Grosvenor and 1st Duke of Westminster on April 8th, 1873. She died on March 27th, 1929.

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Dexter Cambridge

Dexter Cambridge is a basketball player for the Petrarca Padova, Gigantes de Carolina, Regatas San Nicolás, Panteras de Miranda, Dallas Mavericks, Nuova Pallacanestro Gorizia, Fabriano Basket, and Obras Sanitarias. His career lasted from 1992 to 2001. Dexter was born on January 29th, 1970 in Eleuthera.

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  • Ada Cambridge
    Novelist
  • Daniel Cambridge
    Yeomen of the Guard
  • George Owen Cambridge
  • Delroy Cambridge
    Golf Player

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Cambridge U.S.
█  White 34.83% 64.26%
█  African American 50.75% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.44% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 8.36% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 2.87% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 2.75% 16.26%

Of Last Name Cambridge

People with the last name Cambridge are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Cambridge

  • How Popular is the name Cambridge? Cambridge is the 34,690th most popular name of all time. As a last name Cambridge was the 17,559th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Cambridge have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 123 babies born with the first name Cambridge in the United States. That's more than enough people named Cambridge to occupy the territory of Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) with an estimated population of 66 (as of July 1, 2008).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Cambridge? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1992 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
  • When was Cambridge first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Cambridge is Saturday, April 13th, 1878.
  • What year had the most people named Cambridge born? The highest recorded use of the first name Cambridge was in 2016 with a total of 11 babies.
  • Weird things about the name Cambridge: The name spelled backwards is Egdirbmac. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Bcagmerid. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Cambridge? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 1,602 people with the last name Cambridge.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Cambridge? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Cambridge as their last name since less than 1 person in 185k people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!
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