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Surname Etymology and Meaning of CARTMELL

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English (Cumbria and Lancashire): habitational name for someone from Cartmel in Cumbria (formerly in Lancashire), the site of a famous priory, inland from Cartmel Sands. The place name is derived from Old Norse kartr ‘rocky ground’ + melr ‘sandbank’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)