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Carver

in South Carolina

There are 680 people with the last name "Carver" in South Carolina.

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Carver 778
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  1. is 774th most common Ard
  2. is 775th most common Hyman
  3. is 776th most common Zeigler
  4. is 777th most common Watford
  5. is 778th most common Carver
  6. is 779th most common Schultz
  7. is 780th most common Suggs
  8. is 781st most common Stafford
  9. is 782nd most common Meadows

Most Common First Names for Carver

James, William, Mary, Michael, Daniel, Donna, David, Richard, Robert, Thomas

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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