Carpenter (surname)

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Carpenter Family Name
Pronunciation	Kar' pen tar
Meaning	worker or fixer of wood, builder of wood
Related names	Zimmermann, Zimmerman, Carpentier, Charpentier
Popularity	Behind the Name
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with "Carpenter"

Carpenter is a surname. Its use as a forename or middle name is rare. Within the United States, it is ranked as the 189th-most common surname.^[1]

People with the surname Carpenter are listed below in alphabetical order.

Meaning: Carpenter - Car-pen-ter (kar' pen tar (or ter)), noun. 1) a person who builds, makes or repairs wooden objects or structures - as in houses, scaffolds, or shelving. - v. make by shaping wood. v.i. 2) to do a carpenter's work.

Origin: [1275-1325]; Middle English < Anglo-Norman French < Old French < Late Latin; carpentarius artifex or wainwright, equivalent to Latin carpent(um) two wheeled carriage ( < Celt; cf. OIr carpad chariot) + arius - ARY; see ER2]^[2]

Carpenter name variants and backgrounds

• Wright - Woodwright in old England. Such as a "wood wright" (wood worker). See also "wain wright" (a wooden wagon maker) - See Wright and also: Wainwright (name).
• Carpentier - From the French Norman Carpentier (le Carpentier, le Charpentier) a worker of wood.
• Charpentier - Carpentier and Charpentier in French. A worker in wood. French Surnames > CARPENTIER ++, Forme norm.-picarde de Charpentier; var. du Sud-Ouest et roussillonnase Carpentier. Avecart. Le Carpentier.
• Zimmermann - Zimmerman in German. A worker in wood.
• Carpenterio - Carpenter in Spanish. A worker in wood from the English word Carpenter.
• Carpender - Carpender an English phoentic name variant of Carpenter. Also seen as Carpendar.
• De Carpenter or De Carpentier - "the carpenter" in Dutch, a worker of wood.

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] A

• Aaron Carpenter, Canadian rugby player
• Alan Carpenter, Australian politician
• Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter, British naval officer
• Allan Carpenter, American non-fiction writer
• Archibald Boyd Boyd-Carpenter, British politician

[edit] B

• Bill Carpenter, American football player and Army officer
• Bob Carpenter, American ice hockey player
• Bob Carpenter (sportscaster), American radio personality
• Bobby Carpenter (football player), American football linebacker

[edit] C

• Cassie Carpenter, fictional character from EastEnders
• Charisma Carpenter, actress
• Chris Carpenter, starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who has played for the St. Louis Cardinals since 2003
• Clarence Ray (C.R.) Carpenter, American primatologist.
• Cole Carpenter, retired American porn model and pornographic actor from the mid 1980s
• Connie Carpenter-Phinney, American professional cycle racer and speed skater who won four medals in World Cycling Championship competitions

[edit] D

• David Carpenter (historian), leading authority on the history of Britain in the central Middle Ages
• David Carpenter (writer), Canadian novelist who lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
• David Carpenter, early Texas settler -- see Carpenters Bayou
• David Carpender, Guitarist with "The Greg Kihn Band."
• Don Carpenter, American writer
• Doug Carpenter, former head coach in the NHL, QMJHL, and AHL

[edit] E

• Ed Carpenter (artist)
• Ed Carpenter (racecar driver), an Indy Racing League driver
• Edward Carpenter, socialist poet, anthologist, and an early homosexual activist
• Edwin Francis Carpenter, American astronomer.

[edit] F

• Flavius Josephus Carpenter, Arkansas veteran of the Civil War, steamboat captain, entrepreneur
• Frank G. Carpenter, 1920s travel guide author
• Frank M. Carpenter, curator of fossil insects at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology for 60 years
• Francis Bicknell Carpenter, 19th century American painter.

[edit] G

• Geoffrey Douglas Hale Carpenter, British entomologist and evolutionary biologist
• George Carpenter, the 5th General of The Salvation Army

[edit] H

• Hannah Carpenter, fictional character from EastEnders
• Harry Carpenter, BBC sports commentator from the early 1950s until his retirement in the 1990s
• Humphrey Carpenter, English biographer, author and radio broadcaster

[edit] J

• Jake Burton Carpenter, owner of Burton Snowboards
• James Carpenter, British astronomer at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich
• James Madison Carpenter, Methodist minister, folklorist
• Jennifer Carpenter, American actress
• John Carpenter (born 1948), American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film music composer
• John C. Carpenter, American athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
• John Carpenter (Who Wants to be a Millionaire winner), first winner of Who wants to be a Millionaire US
• John Carpenter, town clerk of London The noted town clerk of London in the early 1400s. Author of Liber albus.
• John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951), American composer
• John Boyd-Carpenter, Baron Boyd-Carpenter, British politician
• John W. Carpenter, American agriculturist
• Johnny Carpenter, American actor
• Juliet Winters Carpenter, award-winning translator of modern Japanese literature into English

[edit] K

• Karen Carpenter, singer and musician, The Carpenters
• Keion Carpenter, American football defensive back for the Atlanta Falcons
• Kelvin Carpenter, fictional character from EastEnders
• Ken Carpenter, the USC's first two-time NCAA champion in a weight event
• Ken Carpenter, American road bicycle racer and track cyclist
• Ken Carpenter, actor in Hellraiser III, Tammy and the T-Rex
• Kenneth Carpenter, paleontologist at the Denver Museum of Natural History and author or co-author of a number of books on dinosaurs and Mesozoic life
• Kip Carpenter, American speed skater

[edit] L

• Lant Carpenter, English educator and Unitarian minister
• Lauren Carpenter, fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
• Lemuel Carpenter, Anglo-American California pioneer
• Liz Carpenter, writer, feminist, former reporter, media advisor, speechwriter, political humorist, and public relations expert
• Loren Carpenter, computer graphics researcher and developer
• Lou Carpenter, popular character from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours
• Judge Louis Carpenter, Kansas lawyer, victim of Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence, Kansas
• Louis H. Carpenter, Louis Henry Carpenter, Civil War cavalry trooper & officer, Indian War officer, Spainsh-American War General and Medal of Honor Winner.
• Louise Carpenter, fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours

[edit] M

• Marion Carpenter, Pioneer White House News Photographer
• Mary Carpenter, English educational and social reformer
• Mary Chapin Carpenter, country music singer-songwriter
• Matthew H. Carpenter, member of the Republican Party who served in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1869 - 1875 and again from 1879 - 1881
• Merlin Carpenter, artist
• Matthew P. Carpenter, All county athlete, Discus Conference Champion
• Mr. Carpenter, character in the film "The Day the Earth Stood Still" -- see Klaatu (The Day the Earth Stood Still)

[edit] P

• Paul Carpenter (actor), actor
• Paul Carpenter (baseball player), minor league baseball player

[edit] R

• Rhys Carpenter, classical art historian and professor at Bryn Mawr College
• Richard Carpenter (Architect), British Victorian architect
• Richard Carpenter (screenwriter), British screenwriter
• Richard Carpenter (musician), American musician The Carpenters
• Richard Cromwell Carpenter, British 19th century architect
• Robert C. Carpenter, Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's fiftieth Senate district
• Robert P. Carpenter, professional cricketer for Cambridge and All-England Eleven
• Rolla C. Carpenter, American engineer
• Rollo Carpenter, the creator of Jabberwacky

[edit] S

• Samuel Carpenter (1649-1714) First Treasuer of Pennsylvania, Deputy Governor to William Penn
• Scott Carpenter, Mercury program astronaut
• Shawn and Taylor Carpenter, American television actors
• Shawn Carpenter, American Navy veteran
• Stanley Jennings Carpenter, Army Entomologist
• Stephen Carpenter, US musician
• Stephen Decatur Carpenter, US Army Officer

[edit] T

• Terry Carpenter, Nebraska politician
• Thelma Carpenter, jazz singer and actress
• Tim Carpenter, Democratic member of the Wisconsin Senate from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
• Tony Carpenter, fictional character from EastEnders

[edit] W

• William Carpenter, Providence Rhode Island, English colonist, first surnamed Carpenter to settle permanently in America
• William Carpenter (Australian politician), Australian politician
• William Benjamin Carpenter, (1813–1885) English physiologist and naturalist
• William Boyd Carpenter, English clergyman
• William Henry Carpenter (philologist), American philologist
• William L. Carpenter, Soldier and Naturalist
• William Marbury Carpenter, American physician and natural scientist

[edit] References

[edit] Equivalent names in other languages

• List of people called Charpentier, French equivalent
• List of people called Zimmermann, German equivalent
• List of people called Carpender, English equivalent

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