Given name & surname

Carthew

“fort”

Carthew is a surname from Cornish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Carthew goes back to Cornish ker, meaning “fort.”

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Where it comes from

Carthew comes from Cornish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Cornish ker (“fort”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Carthew’s family of names

In English usage, Carthew as a surname has a related form in Cardew.

Walk Carthew’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Carthew, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Cornish

Killebrew

“grove”

No U.S. birth series

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Cornish

Killigrew

“grove”

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Cornish

Curnow

Curnow is a surname from Cornish.

No U.S. birth series

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Cornish

Cornish

Cornish is a surname from Cornish.

No U.S. birth series

63% boys · 37% girls

Cornish

Kitto

Kitto is a surname from Cornish.

No U.S. birth series

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Cornish

Angove

Angove is a surname from Cornish.

No U.S. birth series

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Cornish

Pether

Pether is a given name from Cornish.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Cornish

Pither

Pither is a given name from Cornish.

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Carthew’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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