Carter

As an English name, from the occupation carter. As an Irish name, from Irish Mac Artúir (literally “son of Arthur”).

• (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

Carter (countable and uncountable, plural Carters)

1. A surname originating as an occupation for someone who was a carter.
   • 2024 December 14, Elizabeth Wagmeister, “Jay-Z says inconsistencies in rape accuser’s story proves her attorney was looking for ‘money and fame’”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     In the amended complaint, Carter is accused of raping the then-13-year-old Jane Doe at an afterparty for the MTV Video Music Awards in the year 2000.

   1. Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States of America
      • 2024 December 29, Stephen Collinson, “Jimmy Carter, a one-term president who became a globe-trotting elder statesman, dies at 100”, in CNN‎^[2]:

        In September 2019, Carter warned Americans against reelecting Trump. […] In April 2021, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited the Carters at their home in Plains, after the former presidential couple was unable to travel to Washington for the 46th president’s inauguration.

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.

• 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.

• Crater, arrect, crater, tracer