Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Wood carver
  • French : Swampy dwelling

Boy name variations

Carvell
Carvel
Carvil

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : habitational name from places in Calvados and Seine-Maritime named Carville, from the Scandinavian personal name Kári + Old French ville ‘settlement’ (see Villa).
  • English and Irish : variant of Carvell.

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