Cart Family History
Cart Name Meaning
Scottish and northern Irish: shortened form of McCart . English (Leicestershire and Warwickshire): from Middle English cart kert ‘cart’ (Old English cræt Old Norse kartr) hence a metonymic occupational name for a carter or cartwright. Altered form of German Karg . Americanized form of French Canadian Charest 2 or Charette . Compare Carte In some cases probably also French: from Old Occitan cart a variant of quart a term which in the Middle Ages denoted a tax levied on wine; hence possibly a metonymic occupational name for a tax collector. In some cases probably also French: from a short form of the personal name Ricart an old variant of Richard .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022