Etymology

Carberry

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Today it means: A village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT358699). Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic craobh ← Irish Ó Cairbre
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  1. Irish · derived fromÓ Cairbre“descendant of Cairbre”
  2. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromcraobh“tree”
  3. 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.