Camu Coat of Arms, Crest and Name Facts

Camu? Think of it as Camus with a different pen. The family name meaning is “Snub-nosed”, the same as for Camus. Without the “s” of Camus, Camu is a simpler written form of the same name. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Related forms: Lecamus.

From 1891 to 2000, 405 births in France were registered under Camu. The name became more frequent over the century.

Arms linked to Camus and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Camu family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.