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CAREY : Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ciardha meaning "descendant of CIARDHA".

CARIDEO : Originally denoted someone from San Pietro di Caridà, a place near Reggio Calabria in Italy.

CARL : From the given name CHARLES.

CARLEVARO : From a nickname that means "carnival". It is a regional surname from the area around Torino.

CARLISLE : From the name of a city in northern England. The city was originally called by the Romans Luguvalium meaning "stronghold of LUGUS". Later the Brythoni...

CARLSEN : Means "son of CARL".

CARLSON : Means "son of CARL".

CARLYLE : Variant of CARLISLE.

CARMAN (1) : Occupational name for a carter, from Middle English car "cart" and man "man".

CARMAN (2) : From the Old Norse given name KARLMANN.

CARMODY : Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cearmada which means "descendant of Cearmaid", a Gaelic given name.

CARO : From caro meaning "beloved" in Italian and Spanish.

CARON : Means "cartwright" from old French charron "cart".

CARPENTER : From the occupation, derived from Middle English carpentier (ultimately from Latin carpentarius meaning "carriage maker").

CARR : From a place name meaning "marsh" in Old Norse.

CARRACCI : Originally denoted a person from the city of Carrarra.

CARRAN : Variant of CURRAN.

CARRARA : From the name of a city. Besides the famous city of marble in Tuscany there are two other towns near Padova that bear the same name.

CARROLL : From the given name CEARBHALL. A famous bearer was Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), whose real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, the author of 'Alice's Adv...

CARSON : Meaning unknown, possibly from a place name.

CARSTENSEN : Means "son of CARSTEN".

CARTER : Occupational name for a person who operated a cart to transport goods, from Norman French cartier.

CARTWRIGHT : Occupational name indicating one who made carts.

CARUSO : Means "close-cropped hair" in Italian. It also acquired the secondary meaning "boy".

CARVER (1) : Occupational surname for a carver, from Middle English kerve "cut".

CARVER (2) : Variant of the German surname GERBER.

CARY : Variant of CAREY.

CASALES : From the Spanish word casal meaning "farm house".

CASEY : Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cathasaigh meaning "descendant of CATHASACH".

CASSANO : Indicated a person from Cassano, Italy.