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Caouette French (Quebec)Altered form of French
Cahouet, itself a regional form of
chat-huant meaning "screech owl", hence a nickname referring to the bird.
Capadrutt RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Padrutt.
Capaldo ItalianProbably a diminutive of Italian
capo meaning "head", perhaps used as a nickname for a stubborn or hard-headed person.
Caparas PampanganDerived from Pampangan
para's meaning "hot, spicy", possibly used as an occupational name for a cook.
Capaul RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Paul.
Capdevila CatalanFrom Catalan
cap meaning "chief, head" and
de vila meaning "of the town".
Cape French, English (British)French and English: metonymic occupational name for a maker of capes and cloaks, or perhaps a nickname for someone who habitually wore a cloak or cape, from Middle English and Old Norman French cape ‘cape’, ‘cloak’, ‘hooded cloak’ (in French also ‘hood’ or ‘hat’), from Late Latin cappa, capa, probably a derivative of caput ‘head’ (see Capp)... [
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Capecchi ItalianProbably from Old Italian
capecchio, either denoting a type of cheap batting and, by extension, upholsterers, who worked with it, or as a nickname for a person with bristly hair or beard.... [
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Capeder RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Peder.
Čapek CzechDerived from a diminutive of Czech
cáp meaning "stork", applied as a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a stork. In some cases the family name may have derived from a heraldic symbol.
Capel EnglishFrom the Domesday Book of 1086, from the old French word 'capele' meaning chapel.
Caplazi RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Plazi.
Caplin EnglishMeans "singer in a chantry chapel" (from Old Northern French
capelain, a variant of standard Old French
chapelain (cf.
Chaplin)).
Capol RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Pol.
Capone ItalianAugmentative of Italian
capo meaning "head", used as a nickname for a big-headed or arrogant person.
Capote Italian (Tuscan)Capote is a name for person who was the chief of the head from the Italian personal name Capo.
Capra ItalianFrom the Latin word
capra meaning "nanny goat." This was a name originally borne by shepherds / goat herders.
Capraro ItalianOccupational name for a goatherd, derived from Italian
capra meaning "goat".
Capri Italianhabitational name for someone from Capri the island in the Bay of Naples.
Capriati ItalianFrom the name of the province in Campania Italy named "Capriati a Volturno".
Capricorne FrenchDerived from the Latin word
(Capricornus) meaning "horned like a goat". Probably a nickname for an ambitious person.
Caprio Italianfrom Latin
caprae ‘goats’ or possibly from Greek
kapros "(wild) boar" and so a metonymic occupational name for a goatherd or swineherd or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a goat or boar.
Capshaw EnglishUnexplained. Perhaps a habitational name from Cadshaw near Blackburn, Lancashire, although the surname is not found in England.
Capua ItalianCapua is a city and comune in the province of Caserta, Campania, southern Italy, situated 25 km (16 mi) north of Naples on the northeastern edge of the Campanian plain. Ancient Capua was situated where Santa Maria Capua Vetere is now.... [
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Capulet EnglishThis is the last name of Juliet from William Shakepeare's tragedy, Romeo and Juliet.
Caputo ItalianDerived from Latin
caput meaning "head", used as a nickname for a big-headed or stubborn person.
Carabuz RomanianCarabuz is a combination betwen 2 Romanian words, ,,cărăbuș" the Romanian form of ,,beetle" and ,,autobuz" the Romanian form of ,,bus"
Caradine English, German (Anglicized)Americanized form of German
Gardein, itself a Germanized spelling of French
Jardin. It could also denote someone from the village and civil parish of
Carden in Cheshire, England.
Carafa ItalianIt could derive from toponyms such as Caraffa del Bianco in the province of Reggio Calabria or Caraffa in the province of Catanzaro.... [
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Carandang Filipino, TagalogOccupational name for someone who dried things using fire, derived from Tagalog
dangdang meaning "heating, toasting, drying through exposure to fire or glowing coals".
Caraway EnglishProbably means "spice merchant" (from Middle English
carewei "caraway").
Carbajal Spanish, Judeo-SpanishProbably a habitational name denoting someone originally from any of the multiple locations called
Carbajal in León, Asturias, or Zamora in Spain. Alternatively, it may be of pre-Roman origin from the word
carbalio meaning "oak", denoting someone who either lived near an oak tree or who was like an oak tree in some way.... [
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Carbonell EnglishFrom a medieval nickname for a dark-haired or swarthy person, from Anglo-Norman
carbonel, literally "little charcoal".
Carbonero SpanishFamous bearers are Carlos Carbonero, a Colombian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sampdoria on loan from Fénix and Sara Carbonero, a Spanish sports journalist.
Carbrey IrishAnglicized form of Irish Gaelic
Ó Cairbre and
Mac Cairbre meaning "descendant of
Cairbre", a given name meaning "charioteer".
Carcan LombardIt indicates familial origin within the eponymous frazione of the commune of Vila in the province of Còmm.
Carcelén SpanishThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Card EnglishEnglish: metonymic occupational name for someone who carded wool (i.e. disentangled it), preparatory to spinning, from Middle English, Old French card(e) ‘carder’, an implement used for this purpose... [
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Cardellini ItalianFrom a diminutive of
Cardelli. A famous bearer of this surname is the American actress Linda Cardellini (1975-).
Carden EnglishFrom the name of a village in Cheshire, England, derived from Old English
carr "stone, rock" and
worþign "enclosure, estate".
Carden EnglishDerived from Middle English
cardoon "wild thistle, artichoke thistle". Could be a nickname for someone who carded wool (which was originally done with thistles), for a person who lived near a thistle patch, or for a prickly and unapproachable person... [
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Cardenete SpanishThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous Manchego municipality.
Cardillo ItalianCardillo is a surname of Sicilian origin, derived from the word
cardilla, meaning ''goldfinch''.
Cardon Frenchfrom the name of several places in southern France called (Le) Cardon. Or from Old Norman French
cardon "thistle" (a diminutive of
carde from Latin
carduus) hence a topographic name for someone who lived on land overgrown with thistles an occupational name for someone who carded wool (originally a process carried out with thistles and teasels) or perhaps a nickname for a prickly and unapproachable person... [
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Cardone Italian, SicilianFrom Sicilian
carduni "thistle, teasel, cardoon" possibly a topographic name but also could mean "rough, uncouth, stingy, or miserly".
Carducci ItalianFrom
Riccarduccio, an affectionate form of the given name
Riccardo. A famous bearer of this surname is Italian poet Giosuè Carducci (1835-1907), winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1906.
Cardwell EnglishFrom the traditionally British surname, which is a variant of the British surname Caldwell, a from the Old English
cald "cold" and
well(a) "spring, stream".
Care EnglishOccupational name for a locksmith, Middle English keyere, kayer, an agent derivative of keye.
Carganico ItalianPossibly from
cargar, an Italic descendent of Latin
carrico "to load", indicating someone who carried or loaded items for transport for a living.
Carhartt Cornishthe surname of the founder of Carhartt Apparel, a habitational name from
Carhart in Cornwall. Possibly also an Americanized form of German
Gerhardt.
Cariglia GalicianThe surname Cariglia comes from the autonomous region in the northwest Iberian peninsula.
Carioto ItalianIt means “deer” and originates from Italy the surname is considerably rare the total number is still unknown
Carisbrook EnglishCarisbrooke is a village on the Isle of Wight; the name is thought to mean "Carey's brook". When in 1917 the British royal family changed its name from the "House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha" to the "House of Windsor" and renounced all German titles, the title of Marquess of Carisbrooke was created for the erstwhile German Prince Alexander of Battenberg.
Carisch RomanshDerived from Romansh
casa "house" and, by extension, "household, family" and the given name
Risch.
Ĉaristo EsperantoOccupational name for a charioteer, from
ĉaro, meaning "a chariot, wagon, or cart", and
-isto, a suffix used for professions.
Carlan IrishAnglicized form of Irish
O'Carlain or
O'Caireallain, from the Irish
carla meaning a "wool-comb" and
an meaning "one who" which roughly translates as "one who combs wool"... [
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Carlander SwedishCombination of the given name
Karl or Swedish
karl "man" and
ander, from classical Greek
andros, "man".
Carlin Swedish (Rare)Combination of the given name
Karl, which is also a common place name prefix, and the common surname suffix
-in (originally from Latin
-inus "descendant of").
Carlin GermanHabitational name from a place named Carlin in Germany.
Carling SwedishFrom the personal name
Karl, which is also a common place name prefix, and the common surname suffix
-ing "belonging to".
Carlova RomanianMeaning uncertain. It may be related to the name Karlov or Karlova. Another possible relative is the surname
Korolev, originating from
korol meaning "king"... [
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Carlsberg GermanVariant spelling of
Karlsberg or derived from the name of a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Carlström SwedishCombination of the given name
Carl and Swedish
ström (Old Norse
straumr) meaning "stream".
Carlyon CornishCornish: habitational name from any of three places in Cornwall called Carlyon, in St. Minver and Kea parishes. The first element is Celtic ker ‘fort’; the second could represent the plural of Cornish legh ‘slab’.
Carmack EnglishAnyone with information about this last name please edit.
Carmiggelt DutchDutch cognate of
Carmichael. This was the surname of the Dutch writer, journalist and poet Simon Carmiggelt (1913-1987).
Carnegie ScottishHabitational name from a place called Carnegie, near Carmyllie in Angus, from Gaelic
cathair an eige "fort at the gap".
Carneiro Portuguese, GalicianMeans "ram" in Portuguese and Galician, either used as an occupational name for a shepherd or a habitational name for someone from any of various places called Carneiro.
Carnell EnglishA crossbowman or archer who protected castles and fortresses.
Carney IrishAnglicized form of Gaelic
Ó Catharnaigh "descendant of Catharnach", a byname meaning "warlike".
Carniglia ItalianDerived from the Latin word “carnem”, meaning “flesh”, and likely referred to a person who worked with meat or was a butcher. The surname may have also been adopted as a nickname for someone who was particularly robust or fleshy.
Carosella ItalianFrom
carosello "carousel, merry-go-round", possibly a nickname for a farmer, as a carousel was an allotment of grain collected by farmers. Also a type of jousting tournament.
Caroti ItalianFrom Italian
carota "carrot", probably referring to the bearer's hair colour.
Carpenito ItalianThis surname derives from a person who had worked as a "carpenter".
Carrasquillo SpanishThe surname Carrasquillo is of Spanish origin and it is derived from the word "carrasca" which means "holm oak". Therefore, the name roughly translates to "a place where there are holm oaks".
Carraway English (British)The name Carraway belongs to the early history of Britain, and its origins lie with the Anglo-Saxons. It is a product of one having lived on a road near a field or piece of land that was triangular in shape... [
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Carreau FrenchVariant of
Carrel. It could also be a habitational name from several places named Carreau in France.
Carrel FrenchFrench: from Old French quar(r)el ‘bolt (for a crossbow)’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of crossbow bolts or a nickname for a short, stout man. The word also meant ‘paving slab’, and so it could also have been a metonymic occupational name for a street layer... [
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Carrell EnglishEnglish: from Old French carrel, ‘pillow’, ‘bolster’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of these. In some cases perhaps an altered spelling of Irish
Carroll... [
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Carrender English (American)Probably from Scottish
kerr meaning "rough, wet ground" combined with
ender (possibly related to the end of something). It probably denoted someone who lived between rough, wet ground and normal ground.
Carreño AsturianThis indicates familial origin within the eponymous municipality.
Carrera Spanish, ItalianSpanish: topographic name for someone living by a main road,
carrera ‘thoroughfare’, originally a road passable by vehicles as well as pedestrians (Late Latin
carraria (via), a derivative of
carrum ‘cart’), or a habitational name from any of various places named with this word.... [
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Carrey IrishVariant of
Carey. A famous bearer is Canadian-American actor and comedian Jim Carrey (1962-).
Carrick ScottishThe possible roots of the Carrick family name may be from the ancient Strathclyde people of the the Scottish/English Borderlands. Carrick may also be of local origin, referring to those who lived in or near the place called Carrick in Ayrshire... [
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Carrier EnglishAn occupational name meaning someone who transports goods.
Carrington English, ScottishEnglish: habitational name from a place in Greater Manchester (formerly in Cheshire) called Carrington, probably named with an unattested Old English personal name
Cara +
-ing- denoting association +
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Carrión SpanishIt comes from the knight Alonso Carreño, who distinguished himself in the conquest of the town of Carrión de los Condes (Palencia), where he founded his solar house.
Carrow EnglishEnglish: habitational name from either of two places: Carrow in Norfolk or Carraw in Northumberland. The first is thought to be named from Old English carr ‘rock’ (a Celtic loan word) + hoh ‘spur of a hill’, while the last may be named either from an Old British plural of carr, or from carr + Old English raw ‘row’... [
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Carruthers ScottishThis old Scottish surname was first used by Strathclyde-Briton people. The Carruthers family in the land of Carruthers in the parish of Middlebie, Dumfriesshire. In that are it is pronounced 'Cridders'.... [
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Carstairs English (British)From the manor or barony of the same name in the parish of Carstairs (= 1170 Casteltarres, 'Castle of Tarres').
Cartagena SpanishFrom the name of the city of Cartagena in southeastern Spain, derived from Latin
Carthāgō Nova meaning "New Carthage" (ultimately derived from Phonecian
qrt-ḥdšt meaning "new city").
Cartier French, NormanOriginal Norman French form of
Carter. A notable bearer was Breton-French explorer Jacques Cartier (1491-1557), who is known for discovering the Gulf of St. Lawrence.