CARSON  

Gender: M
Origin: Irish and Scottish
Meaning: "son of the marsh-dwellers"

Popularity in 2008: #89

An androgynous executive-type name, with a dash of the Wild West via Kit Carson, that's steadily in the Top 100.

Nicknames & Variations:
Carsen, Carrson, Carsan, Karson

Carson is being discussed in our message boards:

• Intitals Baby Name Game!!
• BABY NAME GAME - lots of kids, lots of questions!
• Unisex name game
• Sibling Names for boy or girl
• A brother or sister for little Jack or Olivia

Read Nameberry blog posts about Carson:

• HEROINE NAMES: Worthy Women with Notable Names, Part 2: Cultural Icons
• MIDDLE NAMES: The Strange, The Ordinary, and The Embarrassing
• LAST NAMES FIRST
• DAD NAMES: NOTEWORTHY NAMES OF SOME FAMOUS FATHERS
• NEW SURNAME NAMES FOR BOYS