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caron Name Meaning and History

  1. French: from a personal name of Gaulish origin, represented in Latin records in the form Caraunus. This name was borne by a 5th-century Breton saint who lived at Chartres and was murdered by robbers; his legend led to its widespread use as a personal name during the Middle Ages.
  2. English (of Norman origin) and French: habitational name for someone from Cairon in Calvados, France.
  3. English and French: metonymic occupational name for a carter, or possibly a cartwright, from a Norman and Picard form of Old French c(h)arron ‘cart’.

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Distribution of caron Families in the US in 1920
Number of caron families
 170-338
 57-169
 1-56
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