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View Name: Karl


KARL
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: German, Scandinavian, English, Finnish, Ancient Germanic
PRONOUNCED: KAHRL (German, English)   [key]
Meaning & History
German and Scandinavian form of CHARLES. This was the name of seven emperors of Austria. Other famous bearers include Karl Marx (1818-1883), the German philosopher and revolutionary who laid the foundations for communism, and Karl Jaspers (1883-1969), a German existentialist philosopher.
Related Names
VARIANTS: Carl (German), Carl (Scandinavian), Kaarle, Kaarlo (Finnish), Carolus (Ancient Germanic)
DIMINUTIVE: Kalle (Finnish)
FEMININE FORMS: Carla, Carola, Carolin, Karla, Karolina, Karoline, Karola (German), Karla, Karolina (Scandinavian), Carla, Carolina (English), Karoliina (Finnish), Carolina (Ancient Germanic)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Carles (Catalan), Karlo (Croatian), Karel (Czech), Karel (Dutch), Charles, Charlot (French), Kale (Hawaiian), Károly, Karcsi (Hungarian), Séarlas (Irish), Carlo (Italian), Sjarel (Limburgish), Karolis (Lithuanian), Karol (Polish), Carlos, Carlinhos, Carlito, Carlitos (Portuguese), Carol (Romanian), Karol (Slovak), Karel, Karol (Slovene), Carlos, Carlito, Carlitos (Spanish), Kalle (Swedish), Siarl (Welsh)
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