 Prior to December 1962 when the new name was gazetted, the Queensland Place Names Board decreed that there were too many Camdens and Camden Parks, and this was confirmed when some confusion did occur with the area's mail being sent to Camden Park in South Australia.There was consideration of many possible names before Mrs Pam Cory suggested that Arana, as an Aboriginal word for welcome, would be appropriate.Some years later, a newcomer claimed the word Orana was Welcome and that Arana was the word for Moon.