Given name & surname
Carville
“from the village near the swamp”
Carville is a variant of Carvell. One French interpretation is “from the village near the swamp.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Carville is a variant of Carvell. One French interpretation is “from the village near the swamp.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Carville is a variant of Carvell. An origin associated with Carvell is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1940. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Carville through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1940
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1953. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 426 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.
Carville’s family of names
Carville has a related form in Carvell.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Carville
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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