Carleton

English

"settlement of free men"

Carleton Origin and Meaning

The name Carleton is a boy's name of English origin meaning "settlement of free men".

Carleton has a great meaning behind it, and should really have more popularity than it has found to date. You can shorten it to Carl or keep it upscale and formal in the longer form. Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk lends the name some sporty credentials, while American artist Carleton Wiggins confirms this name's Victorian earnestness.

Carleton Rank in US Top 1000

# 914 in the US

Famous People Named Carleton

• Carleton Stevens Coon American physical anthropologist
• Carleton Watkins American photographer
• Daniel Carleton Gajdusek American physician; winner of the Nobel Prize