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Carver

in California

There are 1,599 people with the last name "Carver" in California.

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Carver 1,771
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  1. is 1,767th most common Eng
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  3. is 1,769th most common Sato
  4. is 1,770th most common Jaimes
  5. is 1,771st most common Carver
  6. is 1,772nd most common Sarabia
  7. is 1,773rd most common Regan
  8. is 1,774th most common Armendariz
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Most Common First Names for Carver

John, James, Michael, Robert, David, Mary, Charles, William, Thomas, Barbara

Meaning & History

English: occupational name for a carver of wood or a sculptor of stone, from an agent derivative of Middle English kerve(n) ‘to cut or carve’.

English: occupational name for a plowman, from Anglo-Norman French caruier, from Late Latin carrucarius, a derivative of carruca ‘cart’, ‘plow’.

Americanized spelling of German Garber, Gerber, or Körber (see Koerber).

Irish: variant of Carvey.

Possibly also a reduced form of Irish McCarver.

FOREBEARS John Carver (c. 1576–1621), one of the Mayflower Pilgrims, was the first governor of Plymouth Plantation. He was born in Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire, England. Emigrating to Holland in 1609, he joined the Pilgrims at Leyden.

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