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First name origin & meaning:

Latin: Chariot; run

First name variations: Carewe, Crew, Crewe, Rew

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Welsh: habitational name from any of various minor places in Wales, in particular one near Pembroke with a major castle, named from Welsh caer ‘fort’ + rhiw ‘hill’, ‘slope’.
  2. Cornish: from the cognate Cornish word kerrow (plural of ker ‘fort’), which occurs seven times as a place name in Cornwall.