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Carver

in Illinois

There are 717 people with the last name "Carver" in Illinois.

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Carver 1,496
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  1. is 1,492nd most common Hendrix
  2. is 1,493rd most common Milligan
  3. is 1,494th most common Boswell
  4. is 1,495th most common Bravo
  5. is 1,496th most common Carver
  6. is 1,497th most common Grossman
  7. is 1,498th most common Hooper
  8. is 1,499th most common Lockett
  9. is 1,500th most common Boehm

Most Common First Names for Carver

James, David, Michael, Thomas, William, John, Charles, Mary, Jason, Kenneth

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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