What is the meaning of the name Carter?

The meaning of the name Carter is "one who transports goods". The origin of the name is "English". The name Carter is mostly used as a boys name.

Right pronunciation of Carter

\c(a)-rter, car-ter\

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Carter is a fairly popular first name for boys (#741) and an even more popular last name (#40). Users of our site ranked the name with a 0.0 (0 vote(s)). Like or dislike the name by ranking this boys name above or write a comment on the name Carter.

How popular is the name Carter?

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The year 2015 was for Carter a very good year. In that year there were 10727 births with the name Carter. Find out if Carter is in the top 100 boys names 2015 or check all top 100 names for any State in any year!

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