The carman Surname
carman Name Meaning and History
- English: from an Old Norse personal name Kar(l)ma{dh}r (accusative Kar(l)mann), composed of the elements karl ‘male’, ‘man’ + ma{dh}r ‘man’, ‘person’.
- English: occupational name for a carter, from Anglo-Norman French, Middle English car(re) ‘cart’ (Late Latin carrus) + Middle English man ‘man’.
- Dutch: variant spelling of Karman.
- Altered spelling of Germann or Korman.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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