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|pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|'|k|ɑɹ|t|əɹ}}
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|meaning = "transport goods by cart"
|meaning = "transport goods by cart"
|region =[[Ireland]], [[Scotland]], [[England]]
|region =[[Ireland]], [[Scotland]], [[England]]
|languageorigin =Latin, Gaelic
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|variant = [[McCarter]] [[MacArthur (surname)|MacArthur]] [[McArthur (surname)|McArthur]] [[McCarthy (surname)|McCarthy]] [[Carty]] [[Cartier (surname)|Cartier]]
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|footnotes= Frequency Comparisons:<ref name=fb>{{cite web |url=http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/carter |title=Carter Surname Meaning and Distribution |publisher=forebears.co.uk}} Retrieved 21 January 2014</ref>
|footnotes= Frequency Comparisons:<ref name=fb>{{cite web |url=http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/carter |title=Carter Surname Meaning and Distribution |publisher=forebears.co.uk}} Retrieved 21 January 2014</ref>
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'''Carter''' is a [[family name]], and also may be a [[given name]]. Carter is of [[Irish language|Irish]], [[Scottish Gaelic|Scottish]] and [[English language|English]] origin and is an occupational name given to one who transports goods by cart or wagon ultimately of [[Celtic languages|Celtic]] derivation. It may also appear as an English reduced form of the Irish and Scottish Gaelic derived [[McCarter]] or the Scottish-Gaelic Mac Artair with Mc meaning "son of." Its appearance and pronunciation as Carter may also be the Anglicized form of the Irish Mac Artúir, Cuirtéir, or Ó Cuirtéir.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.libraryireland.com/names/maca/mac-artuir.php |title = Mac Artúir - Irish Names and Surnames}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfnames.com/mfnames/c/origin-and-meaning-of-carter.htm |title=MFnames.com – Origin and Meaning of Carter |access-date=2009-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102061742/http://www.mfnames.com/mfnames/c/origin-and-meaning-of-carter.htm |archive-date=2010-01-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The name is related to the Gaelic word ''cairt'' meaning cart, and ultimately from the [[Latin]] ''carettarius''. Additionally, in Gaelic, the word "cairtear", which means tourist or sojourner, is also related.
'''Carter''' is a [[family name]], and also may be a [[given name]]. Carter is of [[Irish language|Irish]], [[Scottish Gaelic|Scottish]] and [[English language|English]] origin and is an occupational name given to one who transports goods by cart or wagon and ultimately of [[Celtic languages|Celtic]] derivation from the word "cairt" meaning cart, which is still used in Gaelic. This Celtic term has roots in the [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] word "kars" or "kart", which referred to a wheeled vehicle. It may also appear as an English reduced form of the Irish and Scottish Gaelic derived [[McCarter]] or the Scottish-Gaelic Mac Artair with Mc meaning "son of." Its appearance and pronunciation as Carter may also be the Anglicized form of the Irish Mac Artúir, Cuirtéir, Cartúir, Cartúr, or Ó Cuirtéir.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.libraryireland.com/names/maca/mac-artuir.php |title = Mac Artúir - Irish Names and Surnames}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfnames.com/mfnames/c/origin-and-meaning-of-carter.htm |title=MFnames.com – Origin and Meaning of Carter |access-date=2009-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102061742/http://www.mfnames.com/mfnames/c/origin-and-meaning-of-carter.htm |archive-date=2010-01-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The name is also related to the [[Latin]] ''carettarius'' meaning "cart driver" which was influenced by Celtic terminology and evolved into [[Normans|Norman]] [[Old Norman|French]] as "caretier." In Gaelic, the word "cairt" retained the meaning of "cart," and is used in a context that was familiar to and influenced by its earlier Celtic roots.


In [[England]], the earliest recorded use of the surname Carter dates back to 1192–1193, as evidenced by the entry of Norman [[knight]] Rannulf le Caretier in the [[Pipe rolls|Pipe Rolls]] of [[Huntingdonshire]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Knight-NN-le-Caretier/6000000040994756053 | title=Sir Knight NN le Caretier | date=6 May 2024 }}</ref> This record appears during the reign of [[Richard I of England|King Richard I]], also known as Richard the Lionheart who ruled from 1189 to 1199. Close to a century later, on the [[Hundred Rolls|Hundred Rolls of 1273]], a census of [[Wales]] and England, includes six early bearers of the surname: Jocius Catetarius in Oxfordshire, Juliana le Cartere in Cambridgeshire, Nicholas le Carter in Oxfordshire, John le Cartere in Norfolk, Robert le Caretter in Huntingdonshire, and Margaret le Careter in Huntingdonshire. The [[Poll Tax of 1379|Poll Tax of Yorkshire]] from 1379 lists Richardus Carter as another bearer of the surname in an Anglicized form.
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Following the [[Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland|Norman invasion of Ireland]] in the [[12th century|1100s]] [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] English derived Carter's also arrived in Ireland and settled into walled towns established by the Normans. These [[Anglo-Normans]] assimilated into [[Culture of Ireland|Irish culture]], adopting Irish Gaelic customs, language, and religion becoming what is referred to in [[Irish historiography]] as "[[More Irish than the Irish themselves|more Irish than the Irish themselves]]." The later [[Plantations of Ireland|English and Scottish Protestant planter settlers]] in Ireland who arrived between the [[1550s]] and [[1700]] and mainly settled in [[Ulster]] during the [[plantation of Ulster]], established the [[Ulster Protestants|Ulster Protestant]] community and remained a distinct class and group.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://youririshheritage.com/the-evolution-of-irish-surnames-and-where-your-surname-fits-in/ | title=The Evolution of Irish Surnames - and where your Surname fits in | date=26 August 2021 }}</ref>


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Following the [[Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland|Norman invasion of Ireland]] in the [[12th century|1100s]], [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] English derived Carter's also arrived in Ireland and settled into walled towns established by the Normans. These [[Anglo-Normans]] assimilated into [[Culture of Ireland|Irish culture]], adopting Irish Gaelic customs, language, and religion, becoming what is referred to in [[Irish historiography]] as "[[more Irish than the Irish themselves]]." The later [[Plantations of Ireland|English and Scottish Protestant planter settlers]] in Ireland who arrived between the [[1550s]] and [[1700]] and mainly settled in [[Ulster]] during the [[plantation of Ulster]], established the [[Ulster Protestants|Ulster Protestant]] community and remained a distinct class and group.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://youririshheritage.com/the-evolution-of-irish-surnames-and-where-your-surname-fits-in/ | title=The Evolution of Irish Surnames - and where your Surname fits in | date=26 August 2021 }}</ref>
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The [[Statutes of Kilkenny]] in 1366, which aimed to curb the decline of the [[Hiberno-Norman]] [[Lordship of Ireland]], established that every Englishman or Irish living amongst the English use the English language and adopt English naming and customs or be thrown in jail and lose property. It was declared for those Irish living in [[The Pale|the Pale]], to take an English surname either after a town, colour, trade, or office which also contributed to the proliferation of Anglo and Anglicized surnames.


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The [[Statutes of Kilkenny]] in 1366, which aimed to curb the decline of the [[Hiberno-Norman]] [[Lordship of Ireland]], established that every Englishman or Irish living amongst the English use the English language and adopt English naming and customs or be thrown in jail and lose property. It was declared for those Irish living in [[The Pale]], to take an English surname either after a town, colour, trade, or office which also contributed to the proliferation of Anglo and Anglicized surnames.
Today, Carter is the 44th most common surname in the [[United States]] and 56th most common in [[England]]. In [[Ireland]] it is ranked between [[McGarry]] and [[Cannon (surname)|Cannon]] where it is found with greatest frequency in [[County Laois]] as the 70th most common surname and also has strong presence in [[Dublin]], [[Cork (city)|Cork]], and [[Limerick]]. In [[Scotland]] it is found with greatest frequency in the [[Outer Hebrides]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://forebears.io/surnames/carter | title=Carter Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History }}</ref>


Within the past 150 years, the Carter surname has been adopted widely by [[African Americans]] as taken by former slaves upon the [[Emancipation Proclamation|Emancipation]] and [[Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|13th Amendment]] from their masters (who were typically of English or Scottish descent), or through the common consensual mixing found between [[Irish Americans|Irish immigrants]] and free African Americans in [[Northern United States|Northern]] cities and communities such as [[Five Points, Manhattan|Five Points]] and [[Seneca Village]] in [[New York City]] and elsewhere in the United States.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.stlamerican.com/news/columnists/guest_columnists/the-irish-and-african-american-connection/article_22740446-1fc1-11e7-921e-b7b5f4311a2d.html | title=The Irish and African-American Connection | date=12 April 2017 }}</ref> This name is common among African Americans capable of tracing their roots back to the [[southern United States]] or [[Caribbean]] from the early 20th century onward, with some 35% of name holders of Carter in the United States being of African-American descent and it being the 22nd most common surname for Black Americans.
Today, Carter is the 44th most common surname in the [[United States]] and 56th most common in [[England]]. In [[Ireland]] it is ranked between [[McGarry]] and [[Cannon (surname)|Cannon]] where it is found with greatest frequency in [[County Laois]] as the 70th most common surname and also has significant presence in [[Dublin]], [[Cork (city)|Cork]], and [[Limerick]]. In [[Scotland]] it is found with greatest frequency in the [[Outer Hebrides]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://forebears.io/surnames/carter | title=Carter Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History }}</ref>
The Carter surname was forced upon [[African Americans]] as formerly enslaved people lost their family names long before the [[Emancipation Proclamation|Emancipation]] and [[Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|13th Amendment]] to their masters (who were typically of English or Scottish descent), or through the common mixing found between [[Irish Americans|Irish immigrants]] and free African Americans in [[Northern United States|Northern]] cities and communities such as [[Five Points, Manhattan|Five Points]] and [[Seneca Village]] in [[New York City]] and elsewhere in the United States.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.stlamerican.com/news/columnists/guest_columnists/the-irish-and-african-american-connection/article_22740446-1fc1-11e7-921e-b7b5f4311a2d.html | title=The Irish and African-American Connection | date=12 April 2017 }}</ref> This name is common among African Americans capable of tracing their roots back to the [[southern United States]] or [[Caribbean]] from the early 20th century and prior, with some 35% of name holders of Carter in the United States being of African-American descent and it being the 22nd most common surname for Black Americans.
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*[[Bill Carter]] (born 1966), American writer and documentary director
*[[Bill Carter]] (born 1966), American writer and documentary director
*[[Billy Carter]] (1937–1988), American younger brother of U.S. president Jimmy Carter
*[[Billy Carter]] (1937–1988), American younger brother of U.S. president Jimmy Carter
*[[Billy Carter (ice hockey)]] (born 1937), Canadian ice hockey player
*[[Billy Carter (ice hockey)]] (1937–2024), Canadian ice hockey player
*[[Blue Ivy Carter]] (born 2012), American singer
*[[Blue Ivy Carter]] (born 2012), American singer
*[[Bo Carter]] (1893–1964), American blues musician
*[[Bo Carter]] (1893–1964), American blues musician
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*[[Bob Carter (musician)]] (1922–1993), American jazz bassist and arranger
*[[Bob Carter (musician)]] (1922–1993), American jazz bassist and arranger
*[[Bobby Carter]] (1939–2015), American politician in Tennessee
*[[Bobby Carter]] (1939–2015), American politician in Tennessee
*[[Boo Carter]] (born 2005), American football player
*[[Brandon Carter]] (born 1942), Australian theoretical physicist noted for work on the properties of black holes
*[[Brandon Carter]] (born 1942), Australian theoretical physicist noted for work on the properties of black holes
*[[Brandon Carter (American football)]] (born 1986), American footballer and wrestler known as ''TAC''
*[[Brandon Carter (American football)]] (born 1986), American footballer and wrestler known as ''TAC''
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=== C ===
*[[Carl Carter]] (born 1964), American footballer
*[[Carl Carter]] (1964–2019), American footballer
*[[Carlene Carter]] (born 1955), American country singer-songwriter
*[[Carlene Carter]] (born 1955), American country singer-songwriter
*[[Carol Ann Carter]], American artist
*[[Carol Ann Carter]], American artist
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*[[Herbert Carter (disambiguation)]], multiple people
*[[Herbert Carter (disambiguation)]], multiple people
*[[Hodding Carter]] (1907–1972), American journalist and author
*[[Hodding Carter]] (1907–1972), American journalist and author
*[[Hodding Carter III]] (born 1935), American journalist and politician
*[[Hodding Carter III]] (1935–2023), American journalist and politician
*[[Howard Carter (disambiguation)]], multiple people
*[[Howard Carter (disambiguation)]], multiple people
*[[Howie Carter]] (1904–1991), American baseball player John Howard Carter
*[[Howie Carter]] (1904–1991), American baseball player John Howard Carter
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*[[Maurice Carter (racing driver)]], Canadian racer
*[[Maurice Carter (racing driver)]], Canadian racer
*[[Maybelle Carter]] (1909–1978), American country music musician
*[[Maybelle Carter]] (1909–1978), American country music musician
*[[Megan Carter (ice hockey)] (born 2001), Canadian ice hockey player
*[[Mel Carter]] (born 1939), American singer and actor
*[[Mel Carter]] (born 1939), American singer and actor
*[[Melvin Carter (disambiguation)]], multiple people
*[[Melvin Carter (disambiguation)]], multiple people
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*[[Vincent Carter]] (1891–1972), American congressman from Wyoming
*[[Vincent Carter]] (1891–1972), American congressman from Wyoming
*[[Virgil Carter]] (born 1945), American football quarterback
*[[Virgil Carter]] (born 1945), American football quarterback
*[[Virginia Carter]] (born 1936), Canadian physicist and entertainment executive
*[[Virginia Carter]] (1936–2024), Canadian physicist and entertainment executive
*[[Vivian Carter]] (1921–1989), American record company executive and radio dj
*[[Vivian Carter]] (1921–1989), American record company executive and radio dj
*[[Vivien Carter]], Australian actress, singer and dancer
*[[Vivien Carter]], Australian actress, singer and dancer
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== People with the given name ==
== People with the given name ==
{{Infobox given name
|gender = Male
|meaning = "transports goods by cart"
|origin = Gaelic
|region = Ireland, Scotland, England
}}

*[[Carter Beauford]] (born 1957), American drummer and founding member of the Dave Matthews Band
*[[Carter Beauford]] (born 1957), American drummer and founding member of the Dave Matthews Band
*[[Carter Blackburn]] (born 1979), American sportscaster
*[[Carter Blackburn]] (born 1979), American sportscaster
*[[Carter Bradley]] (born 2000), American football player
*[[Carter Braxton]] (1736–1797), American signer of the Declaration of Independence, representative of Virginia
*[[Carter Braxton]] (1736–1797), American signer of the Declaration of Independence, representative of Virginia
*[[Carter Moore Braxton]] (1836–1896), American civil engineer, businessman, and soldier
*[[Carter Moore Braxton]] (1836–1896), American civil engineer, businessman, and soldier
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*[[Carter Camper]] (born 1988), American ice hockey player
*[[Carter Camper]] (born 1988), American ice hockey player
*[[Carter Coughlin]] (born 1997), American football player
*[[Carter Coughlin]] (born 1997), American football player
*[[Carter Glass]] (1858–1946), American politician from Virginia and glass factory owner
*[[Carter Glass]] (1858–1946), American politician from Virginia
*[[Carter Harrison Sr.]] (1825–1893), assassinated mayor of Chicago
*[[Carter Harrison Sr.]] (1825–1893), assassinated mayor of Chicago
*[[Carter Harrison Jr.]] (1860–1953), mayor of Chicago
*[[Carter Harrison Jr.]] (1860–1953), mayor of Chicago
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*[[Carter Jenkins]] (born 1991), American actor, starred in ''[[Surface (2005 TV series)|Surface]]''
*[[Carter Jenkins]] (born 1991), American actor, starred in ''[[Surface (2005 TV series)|Surface]]''
*[[Carter B. Magruder]] (1900–1988), United States Army general
*[[Carter B. Magruder]] (1900–1988), United States Army general
*[[Carter Nelson]] (born 2005), American football player
*[[Carter O'Donnell]] (born 1998), American football player
*[[Carter O'Donnell]] (born 1998), American football player
*[[Carter Page]] (born 1971), American petroleum industry consultant and a former foreign-policy adviser to Donald Trump
*[[Carter Page]] (born 1971), American petroleum industry consultant and a former foreign-policy adviser to Donald Trump

Latest revision as of 22:28, 9 December 2024

Carter (name)
Pronunciation/ˈkɑːrtər/
GenderUnisex
Origin
Language(s)Latin, Celtic
Meaning"transport goods by cart"
Region of originIreland, Scotland, England
Other names
Variant form(s)McCarter MacArthur McArthur McCarthy McCord McCourt Carty Cartier
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Carter is a family name, and also may be a given name. Carter is of Irish, Scottish and English origin and is an occupational name given to one who transports goods by cart or wagon and ultimately of Celtic derivation from the word "cairt" meaning cart, which is still used in Gaelic. This Celtic term has roots in the Proto-Indo-European word "kars" or "kart", which referred to a wheeled vehicle. It may also appear as an English reduced form of the Irish and Scottish Gaelic derived McCarter or the Scottish-Gaelic Mac Artair with Mc meaning "son of." Its appearance and pronunciation as Carter may also be the Anglicized form of the Irish Mac Artúir, Cuirtéir, Cartúir, Cartúr, or Ó Cuirtéir.[2][3] The name is also related to the Latin carettarius meaning "cart driver" which was influenced by Celtic terminology and evolved into Norman French as "caretier." In Gaelic, the word "cairt" retained the meaning of "cart," and is used in a context that was familiar to and influenced by its earlier Celtic roots.

In England, the earliest recorded use of the surname Carter dates back to 1192–1193, as evidenced by the entry of Norman knight Rannulf le Caretier in the Pipe Rolls of Huntingdonshire.[4] This record appears during the reign of King Richard I, also known as Richard the Lionheart who ruled from 1189 to 1199. Close to a century later, on the Hundred Rolls of 1273, a census of Wales and England, includes six early bearers of the surname: Jocius Catetarius in Oxfordshire, Juliana le Cartere in Cambridgeshire, Nicholas le Carter in Oxfordshire, John le Cartere in Norfolk, Robert le Caretter in Huntingdonshire, and Margaret le Careter in Huntingdonshire. The Poll Tax of Yorkshire from 1379 lists Richardus Carter as another bearer of the surname in an Anglicized form.

Following the Norman invasion of Ireland in the 1100s, Roman Catholic English derived Carter's also arrived in Ireland and settled into walled towns established by the Normans. These Anglo-Normans assimilated into Irish culture, adopting Irish Gaelic customs, language, and religion, becoming what is referred to in Irish historiography as "more Irish than the Irish themselves." The later English and Scottish Protestant planter settlers in Ireland who arrived between the 1550s and 1700 and mainly settled in Ulster during the plantation of Ulster, established the Ulster Protestant community and remained a distinct class and group.[5]

The Statutes of Kilkenny in 1366, which aimed to curb the decline of the Hiberno-Norman Lordship of Ireland, established that every Englishman or Irish living amongst the English use the English language and adopt English naming and customs or be thrown in jail and lose property. It was declared for those Irish living in The Pale, to take an English surname either after a town, colour, trade, or office which also contributed to the proliferation of Anglo and Anglicized surnames.

Today, Carter is the 44th most common surname in the United States and 56th most common in England. In Ireland it is ranked between McGarry and Cannon where it is found with greatest frequency in County Laois as the 70th most common surname and also has significant presence in Dublin, Cork, and Limerick. In Scotland it is found with greatest frequency in the Outer Hebrides.[6]

The Carter surname was forced upon African Americans as formerly enslaved people lost their family names long before the Emancipation and 13th Amendment to their masters (who were typically of English or Scottish descent), or through the common mixing found between Irish immigrants and free African Americans in Northern cities and communities such as Five Points and Seneca Village in New York City and elsewhere in the United States.[7] This name is common among African Americans capable of tracing their roots back to the southern United States or Caribbean from the early 20th century and prior, with some 35% of name holders of Carter in the United States being of African-American descent and it being the 22nd most common surname for Black Americans.

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  1. ^ "Carter Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014
  2. ^ "Mac Artúir - Irish Names and Surnames".
  3. ^ "MFnames.com – Origin and Meaning of Carter". Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  4. ^ "Sir Knight NN le Caretier". 6 May 2024.
  5. ^ "The Evolution of Irish Surnames - and where your Surname fits in". 26 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Carter Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History".
  7. ^ "The Irish and African-American Connection". 12 April 2017.
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