Carver Family History
Carver Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English kerver ‘one who cuts or carves (something)’ especially wood hence ‘carpenter’ but within that trade more specifically and commonly ‘sculptor of wooden images’; perhaps occasionally ‘sculptor in stone’. Americanized form of German Garber Gerber or Körber (see Koerber ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022