Carberry

surname · Latin script

Meaning: (i) ‘person from Carberry’, Lothian (‘tree-hedge’); (ii) from Irish Gaelic O Cairbre / Mac Cairbre, descendant or son of Cairbre, a nickname perhaps meaning ‘charioteer’

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 7 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026

/ˈkɑɹˌbɛɹi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Carberry is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.

rarermore common
  • AUAustralia
  • GBUnited Kingdom
  • CACanada

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

(i) ‘person from Carberry’, Lothian (‘tree-hedge’); (ii) from Irish Gaelic O Cairbre / Mac Cairbre, descendant or son of Cairbre, a nickname perhaps meaning ‘charioteer’

Cited for this meaning 1

  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Recorded in:

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Notable people with this name

(measured from records)
1850190019502000Joseph Eugene Carberry, b. 1887John Carberry, b. 1904Matthew Carberry, b. 1911Bert Carberry, b. 1931Larry Carberry, b. 1936Paul Carberry, b. 1974Michael Carberry, b. 1980Nina Carberry, b. 1984Tobin Carberry, b. 1991

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalDear Carberry,
InformalHello,

Evidence

(measured from records)

15 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 7 countries.

Reference works 4

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Carberry mean, and where does it come from?
(i) ‘person from Carberry’, Lothian (‘tree-hedge’); (ii) from Irish Gaelic O Cairbre / Mac Cairbre, descendant or son of Cairbre, a nickname perhaps meaning ‘charioteer’ Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
How do you pronounce Carberry?
A machine transcription gives /ˈkɑɹˌbɛɹi/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Carberry have the most bearers?
Carberry is most frequently recorded in the United States.

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About this data

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Carberry”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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