What is "charpentier"

Charpentier is the French word for " carpenter" and a French surname. A variant spelling is Carpentier. In English the name is spelled Carpenter (surname) while in German it is Zimmermann.

The origin of the name dates to 900-1000 where Charpentier comes from Old French, Late Latin: carpentarius artifex or wainwright, equivalent to Latin carpent(um) two wheeled carriage ( < Celt; cf. OIr carpad chariot) + arius - ARY; see ER2.