Last names?

Question

I need help with a school assignment. I'll give the best answer to the first person who can tell me the origin of these last names.........Carson, Carroll, Smith, and Rider. Thanks so much!

Answer 1

Carson- Scottish and northern Irish: probably a variant of Curzon.
Carroll-Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cearbhaill or Ó Cearbhaill ‘son (or descendant) of Cearbhall’, a personal name of uncertain origin, perhaps from cearbh ‘hacking’ and hence a byname for a butcher or nickname for a fierce warrior.
Smith-English: occupational name for a worker in metal, from Middle English smith (Old English smið, probably a derivative of smitan ‘to strike, hammer’). Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents were perhaps the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is the most frequent of all American surnames; it has also absorbed, by assimilation and translation, cognates and equivalents from many other languages (for forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).
Rider-English: occupational name for a mounted warrior or messenger, late Old English ridere (from ridan ‘to ride’), a term quickly displaced after the Conquest by the new sense of Knight.

Answer 2

I'm really good at this. Carson is German, Carroll is Swedish, Smith in Italian and Rider is Norwegian. Hope this helps.

Answer 3

CARROLL a champion.
SMITH and its derivations are an occupational name for a man who works with metal (smith or blacksmith), one of the earliest jobs for which specialist skills were required. It is a craft that was practiced in all countries, making the surname and its derivations the most common of all surnames.

Answer 4

British

Answer 5

carson
Scottish and northern Irish: probably a variant of Curzon.
carroll
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cearbhaill or Ó Cearbhaill ‘son (or descendant) of Cearbhall’, a personal name of uncertain origin, perhaps from cearbh ‘hacking’ and hence a byname for a butcher or nickname for a fierce warrior.
smith
English: occupational name for a worker in metal, from Middle English smith (Old English smið, probably a derivative of smitan ‘to strike, hammer’). Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents were perhaps the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is the most frequent of all American surnames; it has also absorbed, by assimilation and translation, cognates and equivalents from many other languages (for forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).
rider
English: occupational name for a mounted warrior or messenger, late Old English ridere (from ridan ‘to ride’), a term quickly displaced after the Conquest by the new sense of Knight.
English: topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing in woodland. Compare Read 2.
Irish: part translation of Gaelic Ó Marcaigh ‘descendant of Marcach’, a byname meaning ‘horseman’. The Gaelic name is also Anglicized as Markey.
Americanized form of German Reiter.

Answer 6

A Smith is a worker of metal - Blacksmith, Goldsmith and Silversmith. you get the idea.

I do have a book somewhere that has the others, i'll try to get back to you before the question ends

Answer 7

Smith- old cobwell blacksmith (hebrew)
Carson- the one of many (french)
Rider- farmer of pride and duty (hebrew)
Carroll- of great descendents (german)

Answer 8

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Answer 9

U meant geo. origin!? Yea, thz sound British!

Answer 10

carson= gaelic
carroll- gaelic
smith-english
rider- english