American Family Name Origins:
O'Carroll
Frequency: (219)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cearbhaill ‘descendant of Cearbhall’ (see Carroll). This is the name of several different Irish families.
GIVEN NAMES: Irish 26%. Brendan (3), Donal (2), Cian, Cormac, Fergus, Finbarr, James Patrick, Jarlath, John Patrick, Sinead, Siobhan.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
