Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Karel

KAREL

GENDER: Masculine

PRONOUNCED: KAH-rəl (Dutch), KAH-rel (Czech) [key]

Meaning & History

Dutch, Czech and Slovene form of CHARLES

Related Names

VARIANT: Karol (Slovene)

FEMININE FORMS: Carla, Carolien (Dutch), Karolína (Czech), Karolina (Slovene)

OTHER LANGUAGES: Carolus, Karl (Ancient Germanic), Carles (Catalan), Karlo (Croatian), Carl, Carol, Charles, Karl, Charley, Charlie, Chas, Chaz, Chip, Chuck (English), Kaarle, Kaarlo, Karl, Kalle (Finnish), Charles, Charlot (French), Carl, Karl (German), Kale (Hawaiian), Károly, Karcsi (Hungarian), Séarlas (Irish), Carlo (Italian), Sjarel (Limburgish), Karolis (Lithuanian), Karol (Polish), Carlos, Carlinhos, Carlito, Carlitos (Portuguese), Carol (Romanian), Carl, Karl (Scandinavian), Karol (Slovak), Carlos, Carlito, Carlitos (Spanish), Kalle (Swedish), Siarl (Welsh)

Popularity

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Netherlands	ranked #465

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