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Carter

Pronunciation: KAHR-tər (key)

Origin of the name Carter:

Transferred use of the surname that originated in the Middle Ages as an occupational name for someone who used a cart to transport goods.

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There is a really bad hotel in NYC called the Hotel Carter.

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We call our Carter by "Cart" or "Carty". My brother calls my son Carter, Carter-sauce, yes I know a little goofy but aren't nicknames supposed to be?, Haha and my mother in law wanted us to name him Carter Roy, we didn't but she still calls him that, I just call him Carter Man!

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Jimmy Carter

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Carter is the name of Morgan Freeman's character in The Bucket List.

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