Carter

Carter \car-ter, ca-rt-er\ is a boy's name. It consists of 6 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby boy name Carter is sometimes used as a name girl name. Its pronunciation is as KAART-er ¹.

¹ English pronunciation for Carter: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"

What is the origin of Carter?

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Carter is largely used in the English language and it is derived from Old English origins. The name is of the meaning cart driver. From the element 'cart'. The first name is derived from the English surname, which is itself from a job title for someone who builds or drives carts. The baby name has sometimes been bestowed in tribute to the American President and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Jimmy Carter (1924-). Carter has 13 variants. Cart meaning and origin, name Cartah meaning, name Cartar meaning, meaning of Cartere, baby name Cartier, Cartir name popularity, baby name Cartor, Cartrel definition, nicknames for Cartrell, nicknames for Cartur, baby name Cartyr, and Kartar meaning of name. The variant spelling baby name Karter is another English form.

Carter is of Scottish origin. The name can also be derived from the Scottish surname, which is an Anglicized form of the Gaelic surname Mac Artair, meaning 'son of Artair'. Carter is very popular as a baby name for boys, and it can also be viewed as trendy. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1970s. At the recent peak of its usage in 2010, 0.398% of baby boys were given the name Carter. Its ranking then was #48. Out of all boy names in its group, Carter was the most popular in 2010. Carter was more widely used than the subsequent ranked name, Karter pronounciation, by 14 times in that year.

A famous person named Carter is Jimmy Carter, US President, born James Earl Carter, Jr., 1 October 1924, Plains, Georgia.

List of baby names that sound like Carter:

Cartar name popularity, name Cartir origin, Cartyr name, name Kartar, name Karter (English), Cartor definition, Cartur meaning of name, name Corder meaning, short names for Crothar, Crother meaning, Crothir meaning and origin, nicknames for Crothur, Crothyr meaning, name Crowther origin, Crowthir pronounciation, short names for Crowthor, name Crowthur meaning, meaning of Crowthyr, Cartere name, and meaning of Cartier (English).

The baby name Carter fun facts:

The name Carter in reverse order is "Retrac".

The numerological value of the name Carter is number 2, which means cooperation, adaptability, consideration of others, partnering, mediating.

How popular is Carter?

Carter is in the top names in USA.