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Carver

in Maine

There are 426 people with the last name "Carver" in Maine.

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Ranking in Maine

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Carver 465
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  1. is 461st most common Flaherty
  2. is 462nd most common Boynton
  3. is 463rd most common Beaudoin
  4. is 464th most common Benson
  5. is 465th most common Carver
  6. is 466th most common Farrell
  7. is 467th most common Mckay
  8. is 468th most common Lowe
  9. is 469th most common Philbrick

Most Common First Names for Carver

John, Richard, Melissa, Nancy, Patricia, Albert, Bruce, Donald, Robert

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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