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.

# 914 in the US

Carleton Rank in US Top 1000

Famous People Named Carleton

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