The caron Surname
caron Name Meaning and History
- 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.
- English (of Norman origin) and French: habitational name for someone from Cairon in Calvados, France.
- 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’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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