Given name & surname
Carston
“from the free man's town”
Carston is a variant of Carlton. One English interpretation is “from the free man's town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Carston is a variant of Carlton. One English interpretation is “from the free man's town.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Carston is a variant of Carlton. An origin associated with Carlton is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Carston is a variant of Carlton. The history of Carlton gives this family its wider story. Carlton’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Carston through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 642
- 642 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 40 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −35%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 40 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 652 as a first name in 2020; 273 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Carston’s family of names
Carston has a related form in Carlton.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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