The carver Surname
carver Name Meaning and 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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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