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Carver

in New Jersey

There are 280 people with the last name "Carver" in New Jersey.

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Carver 2,795
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  1. is 2,791st most common Klinger
  2. is 2,792nd most common Mckinley
  3. is 2,793rd most common Montague
  4. is 2,794th most common Shaikh
  5. is 2,795th most common Carver
  6. is 2,796th most common Groff
  7. is 2,797th most common Harden
  8. is 2,798th most common Kerrigan
  9. is 2,799th most common Mac

Most Common First Names for Carver

David, William, Alan, James, Jean, Kevin, Christine, Deborah, Helen, Karen

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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