Carpender is a surname. It is an English phonetic variant of the surname Carpenter. It is sometimes seen as Carpendar. Notable people with the surname include:

Carpender
PronunciationKar' pen tar
Origin
Meaningworker or fixer of wood, builder of wood
Other names
Variant form(s)Carpenter, Zimmermann, Zimmerman, Carpentier, Charpentier

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