Carr
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See also: carr
Translingual[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Carr
- A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Cedric Errol Carr (1892-1936).
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
- As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Kerr.
- As an Irish surname, from the root of the surname Keary, from ciar (“black”); compare Carey.
- Also as an Irish surname, named after a priest Cathair (compare cathair (“fort”))
- Also as an Irish surname, from a personal name derived from corr (“pointed, projected point”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Carr (countable and uncountable, plural Carrs)
- A northern English habitational surname from Old Norse derived from Old Norse kjarr (“brushwood”).
- A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic, a variant of Kerr.
- A surname from Irish, anglicized from Irish Ó Carra, Ó Cairre.
- An Irish surname, a variant of Kilcar.
- A place in the United States.
- An unincorporated community in Colorado; named for railroad official Robert E. Carr.
- An unincorporated community in North Carolina.
- A river in West Greenwich, Rhode Island; flowing 6 km from Carr Pond to the Big River.
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Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Carr is the 255th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 119,076 individuals. Carr is most common among White (73.61%) and Black (20.82%) individuals.
See also[edit]
- Car (surname)
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- English uncountable nouns
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