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Carver

in Michigan

There are 607 people with the last name "Carver" in Michigan.

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Carver 1,518
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  5. is 1,518th most common Carver
  6. is 1,519th most common Coe
  7. is 1,520th most common Hendrix
  8. is 1,521st most common Lowry
  9. is 1,522nd most common Mast

Most Common First Names for Carver

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

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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