Carleton - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Carleton \c(a)-rle-ton, car-leton\ is a variant of Carlton (Old English) and Charlton (Old English), and the meaning of Carleton is "free peasant settlement; free peasant's settlement".

The baby name Carleton sounds like Carlito and Karlton. Other similar baby names are Charleton and Tarleton.

Carleton is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#7494 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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