Carr (surname)
Carr Pronunciation Language(s) English Meaning brushwood wet ground Region of origin England
Carr is a common surname in northern England, a variant of Kerr , meaning "brushwood wet ground" in Middle English.[ 1] Old Norse kjarr [ 2] Kerr is also a Scottish variant, often from the Norse and (particularly on the west coast and Arran ) from the Gaelic ciar [ 2] gearr cawr Irish and Scottish Gaelic cearr
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Aaron Albert Carr (born 1963), Native American filmmakerAdriane Carr (born 1952), Canadian politicianAlan Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleAlby Carr (1899–1969), Australian rugby league footballerAlexander Carr (1878–1946), Russian actorAlfred C. Carr Jr. (born 1965), American politicianAlice Comyns Carr (1850–1927), British costume designerAlister Carr (born 1973), Australian rules footballerAllan Carr (1937–1999), American film producerAllen Carr (1934–2006), British authorAmanda Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleAmara Carr (born 1994), English cricketerAndrew Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleAndy Carr (born 1956), English footballerAnn Carr (gymnast) , American gymnastAnn Carr (evangelist) (1783–1941), British evangelistAnnaleise Carr (born 1998), Canadian swimmerAnne Carr (1934–2008), American theologianAnthony Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleAntoine Carr (born 1961), American basketball playerAntony Carr (1916–1995), English authorAquille Carr (born 1993), American basketball playerArchie Carr (1909–1987), American biologistArthur Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleAustin Carr (disambiguation) , multiple people
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Barbara Carr (born 1941), American singerBarney Carr (1897–1971), Australian rules footballerBenita Carr , American photographerBenjamin Carr (1768–1831), American composerBernard Carr (born 1949), British mathematics professorBert Carr (1870–1930), American football playerBetsy B. Carr (born 1946), American politicianBetty Ann Carr (1942–1995), American actressBill Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleBilly Carr (1905–1989), English footballerBob Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleBorfor Carr (born 1987), Liberian footballerBrandon Carr (born 1986), American football playerBrendan Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleBrian Carr (born 1969), Scottish boxerBrian Allen Carr (born 1979), American writerBruce W. Carr (1924–1998), American pilotBunny Carr (1927–2018), Irish television presenter
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Caleb Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleCalen Carr (born 1982), American soccer playerCameron Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleCarol Carr (born 1939), American social figureCatherine Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleCathy Carr (singer) (1936–1988), American pop singerCathy Carr (swimmer) (born 1954), American swimmerCecil Carr (1878–1966), English lawyerCedric Carr (1892–1936), New Zealand botanistCharles Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleCharmian Carr (1942–2016), American actressChaz Carr (born 1982), Jamaican basketball playerChris Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleChuck Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleCindy Carr , American set decoratorCJ Carr (born 1995), American basketball playerClay Carr (1909–1957), American cowboyClem Carr (1901–1984), Australian rules footballerCletis Carr (born 1959), American singer-songwriterCliff Carr (born 1964), English footballerClive Carr , English hotelierClyde Carr (1886–1962), New Zealand politicianColette Carr (born 1991), American musicianColin Carr (born 1957), British cellistCornelius Carr (born 1969), British boxerCory Carr (born 1975), American-Israeli basketball playerCynthia Carr (born 1950), American writerCyril Carr (1926–1981), British politician
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Dabney Carr (1773–1837), American lawyerDabney Carr (Virginia assemblyman) (1743–1773), American politicianDale Carr (American football) (born 1964), American football coachDale Carr (politician) (born 1954), American politicianDaniel Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleDarleen Carr (born 1950), American actressDave Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleDavid Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleDeclan Carr (born 1965), Irish hurlerDerek Carr (born 1991), American football playerDerek Carr (footballer) (1927–2004), English footballerDeveron Carr (born 1990), American football playerDiane Carr (born 1946), American artistDonald Carr (1926–2016), English cricketerDonald Eaton Carr (1903–1986), American journalistDora Carr , American musicianDouglas Carr (1872–1950), English cricketer
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Earl Carr (born 1955), American football playerEddie Carr (1917–1998), English footballerEdith Carr (1856–1919), American-Canadian painterEdith Carr (artist) (1875–1949), British painterEdwin Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleE. H. Carr (1892–1982), English historianElan Carr (born 1968), American attorneyEleanor Kearny Carr (1840–1912), American political hostessEli Carr (born 2001), Puerto Rican footballerElias Carr (1839–1900), American politicianElizabeth Jordan Carr (born 1981), American social figureEmily Carr (1871–1945), Canadian artist and writerEmma P. Carr (1880–1972), American chemistEmsley Carr (1867–1941), British editorEric Carr (1950–1991), American musicianEric Carr (boxer) (born 1975), American boxerErin Lee Carr (born 1988), American filmmakerErnest Carr (1875–1956), Australian politicianErnie Carr (1890–1965), Australian rugby union footballerEugene Asa Carr (1830–1910), American generalEverton Carr (born 1961), Antiguan footballerEzra S. Carr (1819–1894), American professor
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Gareth Carr (born 1981), South African field hockey playerGary Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleGavin Carr , British conductorGene Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleGeneva Carr (born 1971), American actressGeoff Carr (born 1952), Australian rugby league footballer and administratorGeoffrey Carr (1886–1939), British rowerGeorgia Carr (1925–1971), American singerGerald Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleGeraldine Carr (1914–1954), American actressGerry Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleGillian Carr , British archaeologistGraeme Carr (born 1978), English footballerGraham Carr (born 1944), English footballerGregg Carr (born 1962), American football playerGregory Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleG. S. Carr (1837–1914), British mathematicianGwen Carr (born 1949), American activist
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Hank Earl Carr (1968–1998), American criminalHarlan Carr (1903–1970), American football playerHarold Herbert Carr (1880–1973), New Zealand judgeHarold Norman Carr (1887–1974), Canadian politicianHarriet Carr (1771–1848), British artistHarry Carr (1877–1936), American reporterHarry Carr (footballer) (1887–1942), English footballerHarvey A. Carr (1873–1954), American psychologistHelen Carr , English journalistHelena Carr (1946–2023), Australian businesswomanHenry Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleHerbert Wildon Carr (1857–1931), British philosopherHerman Carr (1924–2008), American physicistHomer M. Carr (1887–1964), American politicianHoward Ellis Carr (1880–1960), British theatre conductor and composerHowie Carr (born 1952), American broadcaster"Kid" Howard Carr, lyricist of "We Don't Want the Bacon " (1918)
Hugh Carr , Irish politician
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Jack Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJacky Carr (1892–1942), English footballerJames Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJamie Carr (born 1982), Irish Gaelic footballerJane Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJanet Carr (1933–2014), Australian physiotherapistJanet Carr (psychologist) (1927–2020), British psychologistJayge Carr (1940–2006), American authorJ. Comyns Carr (1849–1916), English art criticJeanne C. Smith Carr (1825–1903), American educator, authorJeff Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJeffrey Carr , American authorJekalyn Carr (born 1997), American recording artistJered Carr , American political scientistJim Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJimmy Carr (born 1972), English-Irish comedianJimmy Carr (bookmaker) (1864–1942), in South AustraliaJ. L. Carr (1912–1994), English novelistJob Carr (1813–1887), American soldierJody Carr (born 1975), Canadian politicianJoe Carr (1922–2004), Irish golferJoey L. Carr , American politicianJohn Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJohnnie Carr (1911–2008), American activistJohnny Carr (1887–??), American baseball playerJonathan Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJoseph Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJosh Carr (born 1980), Australian rules footballerJ. Revell Carr (born 1939), American authorJudith Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJulian Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJulie Palakovich Carr (born 1983), American politician
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Karen Carr (born 1960), American illustratorKaren L. Carr , American philosopherKatie Roe Carr , British television personalityKaty Carr (born 1980), British singer-songwriterKelly Carr (born 1980/1981), American journalistKenneth Monroe Carr (1925–2015), American admiralKenny Carr (born 1955), American basketball playerKevin Carr (born 1958), English footballerKim Carr (born 1955), Australian politicianKris Carr (born 1971), American authorKurt Carr (born 1964), American composerKyle Carr (born 1986), American speed skaterKyle Carr (soccer) (born 1995), American soccer player
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Lance Carr (1910–1983), South African footballerLaurence Carr (1886–1954), British generalLaurie Carr (born 1965), American model and actressLeeming Carr (1864–1934), Canadian physicianLeland W. Carr (1883–1969), American juristLeon Carr (1910–1976), American songwriterLeonard G. Carr (1902–1976), American ministerLeroy Carr (1905–1935), American singer-songwriterLes Carr (1929–2012), Australian rules footballerLevert Carr (born 1944), American football playerLinda Carr , American singerLiz Carr (born 1972), English actressLloyd Carr (born 1945), American football coachLori Carr , Canadian politicianLorne Carr (1910–2007), Canadian ice hockey playerLouis Carr (born 1960), English speedway racerLowell Juilliard Carr (1885–1963), American sociologistLucien Carr (1925–2005), American editorLucy Carr (born 1976), British singerLyell E. Carr (1857–1912), American painter
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Maisie Carr (1912–1988), Australian ecologistMarcus Carr (born 1999), Canadian basketball playerMargaret Carr (born 1941), New Zealand academicMargaret Carr (novelist) (born 1935), British novelistMarian Carr (1926–2003), American actressMarilyn Gillies Carr (born 1941), Scottish social figureMarina Carr (born 1964), Irish playwrightMarjorie Harris Carr (1915–1997), American environmental activistMark Carr (born 1967), American football player and coachMarkus Carr (born 1979), American basketball playerMartin Carr (born 1968), British musicianMartin A. Carr , Irish architectMary Carr (1874–1973), American actressMary Jane Carr (1895–1988), American authorMatthew Carr (born 1978), Australian rules footballerMax Carr (1922–2016), New Zealand athleteMaxine Carr (criminal) (born 1977), English criminalMichael Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleMilton Robert Carr (1943–2024), American politicianM. L. Carr (born 1951), American basketball player
Nat Carr (1886–1944), American actorNate Carr (born 1960), American wrestlerNathan T. Carr (1833–1885), American politicianNevin Carr (born 1956), American admiralNicholas Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleNigel Carr (born 1959), Irish rugby union footballerNigel Carr (American football) (born 1990), American football playerNizaam Carr (born 1991), South African rugby union footballerNorm Carr (born 1955), Australian rugby league footballerNorman Carr (1912–1997),British conservationist
American Pastor
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Ralph Carr (merchant) (1711–1806), British businessman and bankerRalph Lawrence Carr (1887–1950), American politicianRandy Carr (1956–2002), American musicianRay Carr (born 1948), Australian rules footballerRaymond Carr (1919–2015), English historianRed Carr (1916–1990), Canadian ice hockey playerReginald Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleRichard Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleRobert Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleRobyn Carr (born 1951), American authorRoderick Carr (1891–1971), New Zealand air marshalRod Carr (administrator) (born 1958/1959), New Zealand businessman and university administratorRod Carr (boxer) (born 1968), Australian boxerRoger Carr (born 1952), American football playerRoger Carr (businessman) (born 1946), British businessmanRonald Carr (born 1938), South African cricketerRosamond Carr (1912–2006), American humanitarianRosetta Ernestine Carr (1845–1907), Canadian photographerRoss Carr , English Gaelic footballerRotonya M. Carr , American hepatologist and physician-scientistRoy Carr (1945–2018), English journalistRussell Carr , British car designerRuth Carr (born 1953), Northern Irish writer
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Sabin Carr (1904–1983), American pole vaulterSally Carr (born 1945), Scottish singerSam Carr (1906–1989), Canadian politicianSam Carr (musician) (1926–2009), American drummerSamuel Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleSandra Carr (born 1971), Australian politicianSean D. Carr (born 1969), American entrepreneurSeth Carr (born 2007), American actorShane Carr , Irish Gaelic footballerShirley Carr (1929–2010), Canadian union leaderSimon Carr (tennis) (born 1999), Irish tennis playerSimon Carr (cyclist) (born 1998), British cyclistSlip Carr (1899–1971), Australian rugby union footballerSolomon C. Carr (1830–1914), American politician and farmerStacey Carr (born 1984), New Zealand field hockey playerStephen "Cargo" Carr International motorcycle road racer. Spirit of the Manx winner 2012
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Wally Carr (1954–2019), Australian boxerWalter Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleWarren Carr (1929–1993), Australian singerWayne Carr (1897–1954), American baseball playerW. B. Carr (1861–1943), Australian journalistWes Carr (born 1982), Australian singer-songwriterWesley Carr (1941–2017), English priestWilbur J. Carr (1870–1942), American diplomatWilliam Carr (disambiguation) , multiple peopleWillie Carr (born 1950), Scottish footballerWooda Nicholas Carr (1871–1953), American politicianWynona Carr (1923–1976), American singer-songwriter
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Fictional characters
See also
References
^ Dictionary of American Family Names (2 ed.). 2022.^ a b Way, George; Squire, Romily (1994). Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia . pp. 184–185.
