Caro Family History
Caro Name Meaning
Spanish Portuguese Italian and Jewish (Sephardic): nickname from Portuguese Spanish Italian caro ‘dear beloved’ (from Latin carus). In medieval Italy this was also in use as a personal name. Compare De Caro and Di Caro . Italian (Sicily; Carò): variant of Carrò (see Carro ). English: habitational name from either of two places: Carrow in Norfolk or Carraw in Northumberland. The first is named from Old English carr ‘rock’ (a Celtic loan word) + hōh ‘spur of a hill’ while the latter is probably named directly from the plural of the Celtic wordit may be + Old English rāw ‘row’. Alternatively from Kerrow a minor placename in five west Cornish parishes. English (Cornwall): perhaps a variant of Carew .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022