Carr

carr Translingual Proper noun A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Cedric Errol Carr (1892-1936). Further reading Author query of the International Plant Names Index mul Botanical author abbreviations English Etymology As an English and Scottish surname, variant of en Kerr. As an en ga - surname, from the root of the surname en Keary, from ga ciar black; compare en Carey. Also as an Irish surname, named after a priest en Cathair (compare ga cathair fort) Also as an Irish surname, from a personal name derived from ga corr point pointed, projected point. Pronunciation en /kɑː(ɹ)/ en ɑː(ɹ) 1 en car Proper noun ~ en northern English habitational Old Norse derived from en non kjarr brushwood. en Scottish Scottish Gaelic, a variant of Kerr. en Irish, anglicized from en ga Ó Carra, ga Ó Cairre. en w:Brian Stelter The FCC’s battle with CBS over its Harris interview is raising red flags w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/media/fcc-cbs-brendan-carr/index.html 2025-02-03 That’s what prompted new FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to send a “letter of inquiry” to CBS, asking the network to hand over the unedited tapes and transcript. https://web.archive.org/web/20260922170500/https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/media/fcc-cbs-brendan-carr/index.html 22 September 2026 en Irish, a variant of Kilcar. en place c/US: en unincorporated community co/Weld County s/Colorado ; named for railroad official Robert E. Carr. en twp co/Clark County s/Indiana. en twp co/Jackson County s/Indiana. en twp co/Durham County s/North Carolina. en unincorporated community co/Orange County s/North Carolina. en river town/West Greenwich s/Rhode Island ; flowing 6 km from Carr Pond to the en Big River. en place cc/England: en suburb x/Ramsbottom metbor/Bury co/Greater Manchester OS grid ref SD7817, and two other locations in Greater Manchester. List of United Kingdom locations: Car-Cd#Car en hamlet par/Laughton en le Morthen metbor/Rotherham co/South Yorkshire OS grid ref SK5190. Alternative forms en Kerr Corr Corry Corrie Curry Corrie Carry Irish surname from ga Ó Carra Derived terms en Carrs Creek Carrs Island Carrs Peninsula Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Carr is the 255th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 119,076 individuals. Carr is most common among White (73.61%) and Black (20.82%) individuals. See also en Car surname References Anagrams en acrr ACRR Old English Etymology From ang carr. Proper noun m ang village co/Dorset cc/England Charmouth The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ang An. DCCCXXXIII Hēr ġefeaht Eċġbriht cing wið XXXV sċiphlæsta æt Carrum ⁊ þǣr wearð myċel wæl ġesleġen, ⁊ þā Denisċan āhton wælstōwe ġeweald. ⁊ Hereferð ⁊ Wīġþeġn, twēġen bisċeopas, forðfērdan, ⁊ Duda ⁊ Ōsmōd, twēġen ealdormenn, forðfērdon. Year 833 In this year King Edgebright fought against thirty-five shiploads of men at Charmouth, and many were slain, and the Danes took control of the battlefield. And two bishops, Herefrith and Wigthegn, and two aldermen, Duda and Osmod, died. ang village co/Somerset cc/England Carhampton The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ang An. DCCCXL Hēr Æþelwulf cing ġefeaht æt Carrum wið XXXV sċiphlæsta, ⁊ þā Denisċan āhton wælstōwe ġeweald. Year 840 (perhaps rather 836) In this year King Æthelwulf fought at Carhampton against thirty-five shiploads of men, and the Danes took control of the battlefield. References Carr 5867