as a Last Name
- 149,342
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Carroll
Meaning & Origins
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cearbhaill or Ó Cearbhaill ‘son (or descendant) of Cearbhall’, a personal name of uncertain origin, perhaps from cearbh ‘hacking’ and hence a byname for a butcher or nickname for a fierce warrior.
| 191st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 149,342
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alabama
- has the most people named Carroll per capita
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