The story
- Irish · derived fromÓ Cairbre“descendant of Cairbre”
- Scottish Gaelic · derived fromcraobh“tree”
- English todayCarberry
From Scottish Gaelic craobh (“tree”) + barran (“hedge”). The surname can also be an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cairbre (“descendant of Cairbre”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.