Carre Family Crest, Coat of Arms and Name History

Carre Origin:

England

Origins of Carre:

Carre is a name of old Anglo-Saxon origin and acquires from the family once having lived at the carr, or low-lying meadow. The surname is geographic in origin and acquired from the Old Norse word kjarr which eventually became kerr. The Old English translation is brushwood or wet ground. This surname was given to a person who resided near these physical features. The sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person’s name was often noted under many variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most educated people. Known variations of the Carre family name include Care, Kare, Carre, Karre and much more.

Variations:

More common variations are: Carrie, Carrey, Carree, Carreo, Carrea, Carrue, Carroe, Cairre, Carrwe, Carrae.

England:

The surname Carre first appeared in Kent, where they held a family seat from old times.

Ireland:

Many of the people with surname Carre had moved to Ireland during the 17th century.

United States of America:

Individuals with the surname Carre landed in the United States in two different centuries respectively in the 17th, and 18th. Some of the people with the name Carre who arrived in the United States in the 17th century included Walter Carre, who landed in Maryland in the year 1651. Susanna Carre, who landed in Maryland in the year 1667. Grace Carre, who arrived in Maryland in the same year the 1667. Thomas Carre, who arrived in Maryland in 1668-1670. William Carre, who landed in Maryland in the year 1673.

The following century saw more Carre surnames arrive. Some of the people with the surname Carre who arrived in the United States in the 18th century included Francis Carre, who landed in Virginia in the year 1714.

Canada:

People with the surname Carre settled in Canada in the 18th century. Some of the people with the surname Carre who came to Canada in the 18th century included Mr. Henry Carre U.E. who settled in Saint John, New Brunswick near the 1783. Mr. William Carre U.E. who settled in Saint John, New Brunswick c. 1783.

Here is the population distribution of the last name Carre: France 17,365; Haiti 2,594; United States 812; Brazil 747; Canada 723; Spain 647; Mexico 602; Algeria 536; England 436; Argentina 433

Notable People:

Albert Carré (1852–1938), was a French theater director, opera director, actor, librettist as the nephew of Michel Carré.

Ambroise-Marie Carré OP (July 1908 – January 2004) was a Catholic priest, writer, and member of the Académie française. He was born in Fleury-les-Aubrais in Loiret, France. He studied at l’école Saint-Joseph and the collège Sainte-Croix de Neuilly before entering the Dominican order in 1926 and being appointed a priest in 1933. Not long thereafter, he was to edit, from 1936 until 1939, the Revue des Jeunes.

Antoine Carré (born 1943), is a French political leader.

Antoine Carré (guitarist), was a French baroque guitarist and writer.

Cyrille Carré (born 1984), is a French sprint canoeist.

Fabrice Carré (1855–1921), was a French playwright and author.

Ferdinand Carré (1824–1900), was a French engineer.

Hendrik Carré (1656–1721), was a Dutch Golden Age artist.

Hervé Carré (born 1944), is a French economist.

Isabelle Carré (born 1971), is a French actress.

Jean-Michel Carré is a French television director.

Jean Nicolas Louis Carré (1770–1845), was a French officer.

John le Carré was a pseudonym of English author David John Moore Cornwell.

Lilli Carré (born 1983), is an American cartoonist.

Louis Carré (1925–2002), was a Belgian football player and manager.

Louis Carré (mathematician) (1663–1711), was a French mathematician.

Marie Carré (died 1984), is a French nun and conspiracy theorist.

Mathilde Carré was a French World War II spy and double agent

Michel Carré, was a French librettist.

Blazons & Genealogy Notes

1) (Northumberland). Gu. on a chev. ar. three estoiles sa. Crest—A stag’s head erased ppr. (another, couped).
2) (Beccles, co. Suffolk, and Enfield, co. Middlesex: John Carr, Esq., of those places d. s. p., when his sister Eleanor, wife of Arthur Walford, Esq., became his heiress). Sa. on a chev. betw. three mullets ot six points or, as many like mullets of the field.
3) (Scotland). (York and Bristol). Gu. on a chev. ar. three mullets sa.