as a Last Name
- 18,887
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Champion
Meaning & Origins
English (of Norman origin) and French: status name for a professional champion, especially an agent employed to represent one of the parties in a trial by combat, a method of settling disputes current in the Middle Ages. The word comes from Old French champion, campion (Late Latin campio, genitive campionis, a derivative of campus ‘plain’, ‘field of battle’). Compare Campion, Kemp.
| 1,936th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Chambers, Chamberlain, Champagne, Chamberlin, Chambliss, Champlin, Chamblee, Chambless, Champ, Chamness
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 18,887
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alabama
- has the most people named Champion per capita
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