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Joseph,
A couple of years ago I found the name to be of Norman origin. There is a village in
Normandy by the name of Carvin.
Robert the Bruce (de Bruc) was a Norman family too.
My Carvins came to the US in the mid 1700s. They staunchly maintain Carvin is Scot-Irish;
Scots that James sent to Ireland to convert the Catholics to Protestant.
Wonder if we ever know for sure?
Susan