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Boy Names Starting with Car-

Car- baby names and what they mean, with 39 results. Usage of these boy names was at its most widespread 3 years ago (USAGE OF 1.08%) and has remained as widespread to this day (USAGE 1.04%, 3%), but with names such as Carey becoming less stylish. Carmelo (#717), Carson (#70) and Carter (#24) are three of the more contemporarily stylish names for newborns here, while Carder (TOP 4%) and Carbone (2%) are popular Car- last names. Here is the list of Car- names for girls.

Car- names

Caradoc - Carmine | Carnahan - Cary

Caradoc - Carmine

Caradoc1, var. Caradog
Based on Welsh word. "Love." Cardoc and Cordoc are creative forms.

Caragod, Caradoc2
Forms of Craddock. Source fr. Welsh. "Love." Not Top 2000 names.

Cardell and variants

Cardell, var. Cardelle
From French element. Surname. Common as surnames, and Cardell (TOP 16%) is similar to popular last names Caddell (TOP 5%), Coverdell (44%), which also end with -dell.

Carden, var. Cardon, Cardin, Card
Root fr. Old English element. "Wood carder." Unusual as birth names, but Carden, Cardon, etc. are similar to the more conventional Carson.

Charles and variants

Caryl, Cary, Carroll, Carrol, Carlos1, Carl1, Carlo1, Carel1
Var. of Charles. Source fr. Old German. "Free man." Carl (TOP 2%), Carlo (6%), Carlos (2%), Carroll (1%) and Cary (2%) are found frequently as last names.

Carew, var. Carewe
Origin fr. Latin language. "Chariot." Carew and Carewe are seldom adopted as boys' names.

Carl and variants

Carl2, var. Carel2
Source fr. Old German word. "Free man." Carel (TOP 24%) and Carl (2%) appear often as surnames.

Carl3
Form of Karl. Based on Old German language. "Free man." Carl soared in popularity a century ago and has become less conventional, with Carl becoming less fashionable. See also Carlo.

Charlton and variants

Carlton1, Carleton1
Forms of Charlton. Derivative of Old English element. "Free peasant's settlement." Carleton and variants peaked in popularity in the 1930s, but now, Carlton has fallen out of fashion.

Carley1, var. Carleigh
Based on Middle English. "Farmer's meadow." Not Top 2000 names.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Car- names: Cardell, Carl, Carleton, Carlin, Carlisle

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Car- names: Carlito, Carlo, Carlos, Carlton, Carlyle

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Car- names: Carman, Carmel, Carmello, Carmelo, Carmen

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Car- names: Carmine, Carrol, Carroll, Cary, Caryl

Carlin and variants

Carlin, var. Carly1, Carling
From Irish, Gaelic element. "Little champion." Carling and Carly are more unusual as baby names among the variant forms of Carlin.

Carlos and variants

Carlos2, var. Carrlos, Carlo2, Carlito
From Spanish, Old German languages. "Free man." Carlo (UPPER 6%) and Carlos (2%) are found often as surnames.

Carlow, var. Carlowe
.. a major town and a county .. Carlon is a moderately popular kid's name.

Carlsen, var. Carlsson, Carlson1, Carlssen
Origin fr. Scandinavian language. "Son of Carl." Carlsson and variants are unusual as children's names.

Carlton2, var. Carston, Carlson2, Carleton2
Stems fr. Old English. "Free peasant settlement." Carlton is a familiar (UPPER 27%) masculine name, whereas Carleton, Carlson and Carston are scarce.

Carlyle and variants

Carlyle, var. Carly2, Carlisle, Carlile, Carley2
Root fr. Old English word. "Fort at Luguvalium." Carley and variants are barely found as male names.

Karmel and variants

Carmelo1, Carmeli1, Carmel1
Forms of Karmel. Origin fr. Hebrew. "Orchard, garden." Carmel (UPPER 15%) and Carmelo (42%) are found regularly as surnames.

Carmelo and variants

Carmelo2, var. Carmello, Carmeli2, Carmel2
Derived fr. Italian, Hebrew. "Orchard;, garden." Carmelo, Carmel and Carmello are more commonplace as birth names compared to Carmeli.

Carmichael
From Scottish, Gaelic languages. "Follower of Michael." Carmichael is not in the Top 2000.

Carmine and variants

Carmine, var. Carmino, Carmin, Carmen, Carman
Stems fr. Latin word. "Song." Adoption of Carmine, Carmino, etc. as baby names in 2018 was 1.5% more than the previous year.

Quick Reference

Summary Index of names [and variants] for Car- names for boys.

1. Caradoc - Carmine
Caradoc [Caradog], Craddock [Caragod, Caradoc], Cardell [Cardelle], Carden [Card, Cardon, Cardin], Charles [Carl, Cary, Caryl, Carlo, Carel, Carrol, Carlos, Carroll], Carew [Carewe], Carl [Carel], Karl [Carl], Charlton [Carlton, Carleton], Carley [Carleigh], Carlin [Carly, Carling], Carlos [Carlo, Carrlos, Carlito], Carlow [Carlowe], Carlsen [Carlson, Carlsson, Carlssen], Carlton [Carston, Carlson, Carleton], Carlyle [Carly, Carley, Carlile, Carlisle], Karmel [Carmel, Carmelo, Carmeli], Carmelo [Carmel, Carmeli, Carmello], Carmichael, Carmine [Carmen, Carmin, Carman, Carmino]


Kernaghan [Carnahan], Carnell [Carne, Carnelle], Carney [Carny], Carollan [Carlin, Carolan, Carling], Caron, Carpenter, Kerr [Carr], Carr, Carrick, Carrington [Caryngton, Carington], Carroll [Cary, Caryl, Caryll, Caroll, Carrol, Carolus], Carson [Carsen, Carsan], Carswell, Cresswell [Carswell], Carter [Cartier, Cartrell], Carvell [Carvel, Carvil, Carville], Carver, Carwyn, Cary [Carey, Carrey]

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