Given name & surname · also Gaelic
Carberry
“tree”
Carberry is a surname from Scottish Gaelic (ultimately Irish).
Meaning & origin
What it means
Carberry goes back to Scottish Gaelic craobh, meaning “tree.”
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Where it comes from
Carberry comes from Scottish Gaelic, and ultimately from Irish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Scottish Gaelic craobh (“tree”), from Irish Ó Cairbre (“descendant of Cairbre”).
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