Caras Family History
Caras Name Meaning
Greek: variant of Karas . Compare Carras . American shortened and altered form of Greek Kyriakos: from the personal name Kyriakos (see Kyriacou ). Romanian: nickname from caras ‘crucian carp’ (Carassius vulgaris) a word of Slavic origin (see Karas ). Americanized form of Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Ukrainian Belorussian Czech Slovak Croatian or Slovenian Karas Polish and Jewish (from Poland) Karaś Hungarian Kárász all meaning ‘crucian carp’ and of Hungarian Karas
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022