Given name & surname
Culver
“resembling a dove”
Culver is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “resembling a dove.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “resembling a dove.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Culver through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 164
- 164 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 12 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 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 191 as a first name in 2020; 16,876 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.
Culver’s family of names
Culver has a related form in Colvar. Culver has a related form in Colver. Culver has a related form in Colvir.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Colfervariant · English
- Colvurvariant
- Colvorvariant
- Colvyrvariant
- Colvirvariant
- Colvarvariant
- Colvervariant
- Culvurvariant
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