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Updated August 7, 2024

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Cart driver

Boy name variations

How Popular Is The Name Cartier

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : variant of Chartier.
  • The explorer Jacques Cartier (born in St. Malo; 1491?–1557) arrived at the site of modern Quebec in the winter of 1535–36. Hoping to get to China, he got upriver of Montreal, where he was stopped by the rapids, which he named ‘Lachine’ (‘China’).

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