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Etymology of Carriere

What does the name Carriere mean?

The name Carriere has a history dating as far back as the early portion of the Middle Ages. It was a Languedoc name for a carter. Tracing the origin of the name further, we found the name Carriere was originally from the Old French word "carrier," which means "carter".

Early Origins of the Carriere family

The surname Carriere was first found in Languedoc, where the family has held a family seat since ancient times.

The name was first found in Canada with Jean Carrier in 1670. 1 Jean was born in France in 1640 and is the son of Jean and Jeanne (née Dodier). After arriving in Quebec he married Barbe Halay, daughter of Jean and Mathurine (née Vallet), on 14th November 1670. 2

Early History of the Carriere family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Carriere research. Another 272 words (19 lines of text) covering the years 1662, 1683, 1717, 1771, 1795, 1813, 1818, 1825, 1850, 1864, 1870 and 1896 are included under the topic Early Carriere History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Carriere Spelling Variations

The many different spellings of French surnames can be partially explained by the use of local dialects and by the influence of other languages during the early development of the French language. As a result of these linguistic and cultural influences, the name Carriere is distinguished by a number of regional variations. The many spelling variations of the name include Carrier, Carier, Carrié, Carié, Carriey, Carriay, Carryer, Caryer, Carriaie, Carriais, Cariaie, Cariais, De Carrier, De Carier, De Carrié, De Carié, De Carriey, De Carriay, De Carryer, De Caryer, De Carraie, De Carriais, De Cariaie, De Cariais, Du Carrier, Du Carier, Du Carrié, Du Carié, Du Carriey, Du Carriay, Du Carryer, Du Caryer, Du Carriaie, Du Carriais, Du Cariaie, Du Cariais, Le Carrier, Le Carier and many more.

Early Notables of the Carriere family

Louis de Carrières (1662-1717), a French priest and Bible commentator; and Pierre, Marquis de Carrière, Lieutenant-Colonel and Knight of Saint-Louis. Louis-Chrétien Carrière, Baron de Beaumont, (1771-1813) was a French cavalry general during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Joseph Carrière, S.S. (1795-1864) was a French Sulpician moral theologian, and from 1850 the...
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Carriere World Ranking

the United States, the name Carriere is the 13,330th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 3 However, in Canada, the name Carriere is ranked the 368th most popular surname with an estimated 12,520 people with that name. 4 And in Quebec, Canada, the name Carriere is the 284th popular surname. 5 France ranks Carriere as 729th with 6,701 people. 6

Carriere migration to the United States +

Approximately 110 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec. France gave land incentives for 2,000 migrants during the next decade. Early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. The fur trade attracted migrants, both noble and commoner. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. Migration to New France (Quebec) continued from France until it fell in 1759. In the year 1675 the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The distinguished family name Carriere has made significant contributions to the culture, arts, sciences and religion of France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Carriere were

Carriere Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Jean Carriere, who landed in South Carolina in 1697 7
Carriere Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Louis Carriere, who arrived in Mobile, Ala in 1764 7
Carriere Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Joseph Carriere, aged 38, French settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "Charlemagne" in 1829 8
  • Leopold C A Carriere, aged 36, who arrived in Missouri in 1840 7
  • Gustav Carriere, aged 27, French settler who arrived in New York, NY in 1852 7
  • C. Carriere, aged 26, French settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "Humboldt" in 1853 8
  • Anne Carriere, aged 48, French settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "Lafayette" in 1866 8
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Carriere migration to Australia +

Carriere Settlers in Australia in the 20th Century
  • Michele Carriere, Italian settler who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Oronsay" in 1930 9

Contemporary Notables of the name Carriere (post 1700) +

  • Stephen Carriere (b. 1989), American former competitive figure skater
  • Calvin Carrière (1921-2002), American fiddler, nicknamed the King Of Zydeco Fiddle
  • Jean-Claude Carrière (1931-2021), French Academy Award winning screenwriter and actor, known for Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
  • Eva Carrière (b. 1886), French spiritualist, her performances were investigated by Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes mystery series; he found them to be genuine
  • Eric Carrière (b. 1973), French footballer who played from 1996 to 2010, member of the France National Team (2001-2006)
  • Eugène Carrière (1849-1906), French lithographer and painter
  • Baron Jean-Louis-Chrétien Beaumont de Carrière, Officer General, France
  • Steven Jeromy Carrière, Canadian computer software engineer
  • Elizabeth Anne Carriere OBE, British civil servant working in international development
  • ... (Another 4 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
  1. Hozier, Charles D, and Antoine Bachelin-Delforenne. État présent De La Noblesse française (1883-1887): Contenant Le Distionnaire De La Noblesse Contemporaine Et Larmorial général De France, Dapres Les Manuscrits De Ch. D Hozier. Librairie Des Bibliophiles, 1884. Print.
  2. Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print
  3. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  4. "Surnames Meanings, Origins & Distribution Maps - Forebears." Forebears, https://forebears.io/surnames
  5. "The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec
  6. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  7. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  8. Ellis Island Search retrieved 21st October 2021. Retrieved from https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/passenger-result
  9. National Archives of Australia retrieved 21st October 2021. Retrieved from https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au

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