campion means A surname from Anglo-Norman. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.
campion is pronounced /ˈkæmpiən/.
Etymology
Likely from Middle English campion, a variant of champioun; see champion. In classical times, the rose campion was fitted in garlands used to crown victors.
name
- A surname from Anglo-Norman.
- An unincorporated community in Larimer County, Colorado, United States.
- An abandoned townsite, now a locality in the Shire of Nungarin in the Wheatbelt region, Western Australia.
noun
- Some flowering plants of the genus Lychnis.
- Any flowering plant of the genus Silene.“Then over his turnèd temples—here— / Was a rose, or, failing that, / Rough-Robin or five-lipped campion clear / For a beauty-bow to his hat, […]”