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Throughout the world, Carson (Carson , 卡森 , Карсон , among others...) is a common predominantly male, but scarcely girly forename. The forename Carson is habitual in Macao, where it is quite a common boy's name, Hong Kong, and the United States, where it is quite a rare primarily boy's, but scarcely female name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in the United States, Hong Kong, and Canada. More prevalently, Carson is the last name as well as the forename.
Carson is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Carson Beckett , the fictional human, Stargate Atlantis; Carson Drew , character in Nancy Drew Mystery Stories; Ray Palmer , the fictional character from the television series Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash and Carson , the musical character in the musical Madea Gets a Job.