Carnes Family History
Carnes Name Meaning
English and Scottish: variant of Cairns or sometimes Carins a variant of Caron with excrescent -s. English and Cornish: in southern England a variant of Carn with excrescent -s. Irish: variant of Kearns . Galician (Carnés): habitational name from one of two places called Carnés in Galicia (Spain). This surname is also found in the Basque Country. Spanish: nickname derived from carne ‘meat’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022