Carter

A surname originating as an occupation for someone who was a carter.

Proper noun

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for someone who was a carter.
    • In the amended complaint, Carter is accused of raping the then-13-year-old Jane Doe at an afterparty for the MTV Video Music Awards in the year 2000. - 2024 December 14, Elizabeth Wagmeister, “Jay-Z says inconsistencies...
    1. Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States of America

      • In September 2019, Carter warned Americans against reelecting Trump. […] In April 2021, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited the Carters at their home in Plains, after the former presidential couple was...
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A former unincorporated community in Washington County, Arkansas.

    2. A township in Spencer County, Indiana.

    3. An unincorporated community in Yazoo County, Mississippi.

    4. A census-designated place in Chouteau County, Montana.

    5. A town in Beckham County, Oklahoma.

    6. An unincorporated community in Tripp County, South Dakota.

    7. A census-designated place in Parker County, Texas.

    8. An unincorporated community in Wabeno, Forest County, Wisconsin.

    9. An unincorporated community in Mercer, Iron County, Wisconsin.

    10. A census-designated place in Uinta County, Wyoming.

Origin

As an English name, from the occupation carter. As an Irish name, from Irish Mac Artúir (literally “son of Arthur”).

Forms

Carters

Derived

Carter Bar Carter catastrophe Carter County Carter Springs Cartersville Carterton