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Carr (surname)

Carr is a common surname in northern England, a variant of Kerr, meaning "brushwood wet ground" in Middle English. The Old Norse ' means a "brushwood, thicket or copse" and may also come from the ancient Norse Kjarr translation meaning Kaiser from Caesar Kerr is also a Scottish variant, often from the Norse and (particularly on the west coast and Arran) from the Gaelic ', meaning "dusky". Carr is also a common surname in Ireland, where it often derives from the nickname, ', meaning "short of height". In some cases it is thought to come from the Welsh word ', meaning giant. Alternatively, in Ireland and Scotland, it may derive from the Irish and Scottish Gaelic ' meaning pointed spear.

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