Entry № 1789 · English origin

Carver Carver — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KAR-ver /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Wood carver (George Washington Carver; Raymond Carver)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (English)

A name that means "wood carver (george washington carver; raymond carver)".

Carver is from the Old English ceorfere — a wood carver or sculptor. George Washington Carver (c. Cathy Carver — American photographer. Captain Carver — Lost recurring character.

Wood carver (George Washington Carver; Raymond Carver) — a English name.

The name in its native script.

Carver
Transliteration
Carver
Pronunciation
/ ˈkɑːr.vər /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Carver stands.

Carver does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Carvers before her.

Real people
Raymond Carver
American short story master.
1938 – 1988
In fiction
Carver
Modern American naming.

Names connected to Carver.

The number behind Carver.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Carver reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.