Carr

See also: carr

Translingual

Proper noun

Carr

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Cedric Errol Carr (1892-1936).

Further reading

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

English

Etymology

• 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

• IPA^(key): /kɑː(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
• Homophone: car

Proper noun

Carr (countable and uncountable, plural Carrs)

1. A northern English habitational surname from Old Norse derived from Old Norse kjarr (“brushwood”).
2. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic, a variant of Kerr.
3. A surname from Irish, anglicized from Irish Ó Carra, Ó Cairre.
4. An Irish surname, a variant of Kilcar.
5. A place in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado; named for railroad official Robert E. Carr.
   2. A township in Clark County, Indiana.
   3. A township in Jackson County, Indiana.
   4. A township in Durham County, North Carolina.
   5. An unincorporated community in Orange County, North Carolina.
   6. A river in West Greenwich, Rhode Island; flowing 6 km from Carr Pond to the Big River.
6. A place in England:
   1. A suburb of Ramsbottom, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SD7817), and two other locations in Greater Manchester.
   2. A hamlet in Laughton en le Morthen parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5190).

Alternative forms

• Kerr, Corr, Corry, Corrie, Curry, Corrie, Carry (Irish surname from Ó Carra)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Carr is the 255^th 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

• Car (surname)

Anagrams

• ACRR