Carter

See also: carter, cárter, and čarter

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹtɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːtə/
• Homophone: carter
• Homophone: carder (in accents with flapping)
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: Car‧ter

Proper noun

Carter

1. A surname originating as an occupation for someone who was a carter.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. A former unincorporated community in Washington County, Arkansas.
   2. A township in Spencer County, Indiana.
   3. An unincorporated community in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
   4. A census-designated place in Chouteau County, Montana.
   5. A town in Beckham County, Oklahoma.
   6. An unincorporated community in Tripp County, South Dakota.
   7. A census-designated place in Parker County, Texas.
   8. An unincorporated community in Wabeno, Forest County, Wisconsin.
   9. An unincorporated community in Mercer, Iron County, Wisconsin.
   10. A census-designated place in Uinta County, Wyoming.

Derived terms

• Carter Bar
• Carter catastrophe
• Carter County
• Carter Springs
• Cartersville
• Carterton

 

Translations

surname

• Arabic: كارتر m or f (kārtar)
• Armenian: Քարթեր (Kʿartʿer)
• Belarusian: Ка́ртэр m or f (Kárter)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡特 (zh) (Kǎtè)

• Georgian: კარტერი (ḳarṭeri)
• Greek: Κάρτερ (el) m or f (Kárter)
• Hindi: कार्टर m or f (kārṭar)
• Japanese: カーター (Kātā)
• Korean: 카터 (Kateo)
• Persian: کارتر (kârtar)
• Russian: Ка́ртер (ru) m or f (Kártɛr)
• Thai: คาร์เตอร์ (kaa-dtəə)
• Ukrainian: Ка́ртер m or f (Kárter)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Carter is the 49^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 376,966 individuals. Carter is most common among White (58.2%) and Black/African American (35.6%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Crater, arrect, crater, tracer