You think you have learned as much as possible about a subject, and then "DUH", something so obvious hits you that you feel like a dummie:
The name "Camry" comes from a phonetic transcription of the Japanese word kanmuri (?, ????), which means "crown", a tradition started with the Toyota Crown in the 1950s, and continued with the Corolla and Corona, which are also Latin words for "crown". It is an anagram for "my car".
The Crown used to be the flagship of the Toyota fleet in the earliest Toyota import days. They were very rare at that time, but my grandfather had one, a 1969 sedan.
RFB
Ref =
http://www.loqu.com/hybrid-camry-com...erbunny-382664
Original Crown =
http://www.toyoland.com/cars/crown.html