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Carver

in the US

There are 27,207 people with the last name "Carver" in the United States.

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Carver 966
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  1. is 962nd most common Bolton
  2. is 963rd most common Mcneil
  3. is 964th most common Mora
  4. is 965th most common Orozco
  5. is 966th most common Carver
  6. is 967th most common Witt
  7. is 968th most common Lake
  8. is 969th most common Booker
  9. is 970th most common Rocha

Most Common First Names for Carver

James, John, Robert, David, Michael, William, Mary, Charles, Richard, 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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