Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings Old English : Wood carverFrench : Swampy dwelling Boy name variations Carvell Carvell 0 % this year Masculine Rare Find out more Carvel Carvel 0 % this year Masculine Rare Find out more Carvil Carvil 0 % this year Masculine Rare Find out more Family name origins & meanings French : habitational name from places in Calvados and Seine-Maritime named Carville, from the Scandinavian personal name Kári + Old French ville ‘settlement’ (see Villa).English and Irish : variant of Carvell.