Carston
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.
Carston by the numbers
Carston was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 40 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Carston
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Carston. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Carsonson of the marsh-dweller4,910 in the US (2017)
- Carltonsettlement of the peasants or common people71 in the US (2017)
- Carstenfollower of Christ; a form of Christian42 in the US (2017)
- Caston32 in the US (2017)
- Carsynson of the marsh dweller; a respelling of Carson296 in the US (2017)
- Carsenson of the marsh dweller; a variant of Carson227 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Carston
Names that are said the same way as Carston, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Carston
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