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Carson

UK/ˈkɑː.sən/US/ˈkɑɹ.sən/

Carson proper noun: a Scottish surname, possibly a form of Curzon.

Proper noun

Carson

  1. A Scottish surname, possibly a form of Curzon.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. (rare) A female given name transferred from the surname.
  4. A city in Los Angeles County, California.
  5. A city in Iowa.
  6. A census-designated place in Washington; named for nearby Carson Creek.
  7. A town in Wisconsin; named for early settler Samuel Carson.
  8. A city, the county seat of Grant County, North Dakota; named for the two founders, a blend of their surnames: Carter and Pederson.
  9. An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
  10. An unincorporated community in Mississippi.
  11. An unincorporated community in New Mexico; named for American frontiersman Kit Carson.
  12. An unincorporated community in Oregon; named for early settler Tom Corson.
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  1. An unincorporated community in Virginia.
  2. A ghost town in Missouri; named for local businessman Jack Carson.
  3. A desert in the Lahontan Basin of Nevada.
  4. A mountain range in eastern California and western Nevada, a spur of the Sierra Nevada.
  5. A river in northwestern Nevada; flowing from the confluence of the West Fork Carson and East Fork Carson near Minden into the Carson Sink; named for Kit Carson.
  6. A river in northern Western Australia; flowing from the Foster Range at the Drysdale River National Park into the King Edward River near Kalumburu; named for Victoria Squatting Company director David Carson.

Forms of Carson

alternative formCarsen
alternative formKarson

Origin of Carson

Could originate from the Gaelic name "Carr" or "Carra", meaning "rock" or "fort," combined with "son", thus "son of Carr.".

Words formed from Carson

Phrases with Carson

Words that rhyme with Carson

Questions about Carson

What does Carson mean?
Carson means a Scottish surname, possibly a form of Curzon.
What part of speech is Carson?
Carson is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Carson?
Carson is pronounced /ˈkɑː.sən/ (UK).

Words near Carson in the dictionary

  1. carsies
  2. Carsington
  3. Carskaddon
  4. Carsley
  5. Carso
  6. Carson
  7. Carson City
  8. Carson County
  9. Carson Sink
  10. Carsonian
  11. Carsonism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Carson (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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