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Carver

in Texas

There are 1,564 people with the last name "Carver" in Texas.

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Carver 1,467
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  1. is 1,463rd most common Dale
  2. is 1,464th most common Samuel
  3. is 1,465th most common Grace
  4. is 1,466th most common Joiner
  5. is 1,467th most common Carver
  6. is 1,468th most common Ham
  7. is 1,469th most common Tompkins
  8. is 1,470th most common Rainey
  9. is 1,471st most common Story

Most Common First Names for Carver

John, Robert, David, James, Michael, William, Charles, Jerry, Kenneth, Gary

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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