indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Surname
Usage Croatian
Meaning & History
1 Croatian, Serbian, and eastern Slovenian: ironic nickname for an autocratic person, from car ‘tsar’.2 Slovenian (Čar): see Char .3 Perhaps also French: metonymic occupational name for cartwright or carter, from char ‘wagon’, ‘cart’ (Latin carrus).