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 [ 2 syll. car-ter, ca-rt-er ] The boy name Carter is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is KAARTer KEY. Carter is largely used in the English language and it is derived from Old English origins. The name is of the meaning cart driver, son of Artair. From the element 'cart'. The first name is derived from the surname, which is itself from a job title for someone who builds or drives carts. In Scotland the surname could also be an Anglicized form of the Gaelic surname Mac Artair, meaning 'son of Artair'. The name has sometimes been bestowed in tribute to the US President and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Jimmy Carter (1924-). The name Cartier (English) is a variant of Carter. Karter (English variant spelling) is another form of Carter. Carter is popular as a baby name for boys, and it is also considered trendy. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1970s. Its usage peaked modestly in 2008 with 0.325% of baby boys being given the name Carter. Its ranking then was #65. Among all boy names in its group, Carter was the most popular in 2008. Carter was more frequently used than the subsequent ranked name, Karter (English), by 20 times in that year. Carter has predominantly been a boy name in the past century. Baby names that sound like Carter include the name Karter (English) and the name Cartier (English). A famous person named Carter is US President, Jimmy Carter, born James Earl Carter, Jr., 1 October 1924, Plains, Georgia. KEY: Pronunciation for Carter: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"   |
