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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Carl's town

Boy name variations

How Popular Is The Name Carlton

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from any of various places called Carleton or Carlton, from Old Norse karl ‘common man’, ‘peasant’ + Old English tūn ‘settlement’ (compare Charlton 1). Places spelled Carl(e)ton (as opposed to Charlton) are in areas of Scandinavian settlement, mostly in northern England.
  • Irish : Americanized and altered form of Carlin 1.

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