Kamp (surname)

Kamp is a Dutch, Danish and Low German surname. With the meaning "camp" (for any isolated cultivated piece of land) it can be toponymic of origin, but the name also originated as a patronymic, from the Germanic given name Kampe ("warrior; combatant") or Danish Kæmpe ("giant"). Other, less common origins have also been documented. [1][2] People with the surname include:

  • Alexander Kamp (born 1993), Danish racing cyclist
  • Alexandra Kamp (born 1966), German model and actress
  • Christine Kamp (born 1966), Dutch organist and pianist
  • David Kamp (born 1982), German composer and sound designer
  • Hans Kamp (born 1940), Dutch philosopher and linguist
  • Harper Kamp (born 1980), American basketball player in Europe
  • Heinrich Kamp (1786–1853), German industrialist
  • Henk Kamp (born 1952), Dutch VVD politician, Government Minister from 2010 to 2017
  • Ike Kamp (1900–1955), American baseball pitcher
  • Jim Kamp (1907–1953), American football offensive lineman
  • Joseph P. Kamp (1900–1993), American political activist
  • Karl-Heinz Kamp (born 1946), German football player and coach
  • Mischa Kamp (born 1970), Dutch film director
  • Norbert Kamp (1927–1999), German historian and university president
  • Poul-Henning Kamp (born 1966), Danish computer software developer and conspiracy theorist
  • Ragnar Kamp (born 1953), Swedish-American curler
  • Randy Kamp (born 1953), Canadian Conservative politician
  • Ted Russell Kamp (born 1970s), American country singer-songwriter

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kamp at the Database of Surnames in the Netherlands
  2. ↑ Kamp Name Meaning, at ancestry.com, sourced from the Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, 2013
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