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Carver

in Massachusetts

There are 358 people with the last name "Carver" in Massachusetts.

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Carver 2,104
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  1. is 2,100th most common Huber
  2. is 2,101st most common Mcdevitt
  3. is 2,102nd most common Mcgarry
  4. is 2,103rd most common Bain
  5. is 2,104th most common Carver
  6. is 2,105th most common Da
  7. is 2,106th most common Glenn
  8. is 2,107th most common Kaminski
  9. is 2,108th most common Muldoon

Most Common First Names for Carver

John, David, Robert, Dale, Deborah, Michael, Andrew, Arthur, Carol, Nancy

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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