Carro Family History

Spanish: from carro ‘wagon cart’ (from Late Latin carrum of Gaulish origin) hence a metonymic occupational name for a carter or cartwright.

Italian (Sicily; Carrò also Carò): altered form of French Carraud from Occitan carral ‘passable by vehicles’ hence a topographic name for someone who lived by such a thoroughfare.

Italian: from carro ‘cart’ hence an occupational name for a carter or a cartwright.

Italian (southern): topographic name from southern Italian carru ‘turkey oak’ (Quercus cerris) or a habitational name from any of various places called with this word.

French: variant of Carrot from a diminutive of char ‘cart’ applied as a metonymic occupational name for a carter or as a nickname for the owner of a cart.