The Suweid tribe who were one of the first Bedouin tribes to settle in the region found an area atop Mount Kamon (Jabal Kamun) and they named it Kammana or "ambush".
A Bedouin tribe, among the first to inhabit the area, chanced upon a site on Mount Kamon (Jabal Kamun) and named it Kammana, implying a strategic location prone to surprise attacks.