Comments for the name Karl

Comments for KARL:

I've read that the origin of the name is linked to the word "housecarl" which was the word used to describe an old warrior chieftain's bodyguards.

-- karl2lee  2/25/2005

Karl was the German god of the winds.

-- Anonymous User  6/15/2005

Karl Lagerfeld is a famous bearer.

-- Anonymous User  1/2/2006

Famous bearers are Karl Böhm, an Austrian conductor and Karl Richter, a German conductor.

-- Anonymous User  3/26/2006

Listen to the German pronunciation of Karl here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.

-- _satu_  10/24/2006

Karl Urban plays Eomer in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies.

-- Anonymous User  11/15/2006

As a word in Swedish it means man. Common in hyphenated names such as Karl-Erik, Karl-Johan etc. Most Karls are called Kalle, although I've heard a Karl-Erik being called Kelle.

-- Anonymous User  1/15/2007

Also a masculine name in Slovenia.

-- earthnut  7/2/2007

I like it because it's not that common, I like it better than Carl.

-- mum2bubba  7/12/2007

Strange that Irish people are giving their kids such a german name.

-- johann14  10/2/2007

To mum2bubba: It's very common in Sweden (and probably the other Scandinavian countries).

-- Dahlis  4/19/2008

Wolgang Amadeus Mozart and Constanze Weber had a son Karl Thomas Mozart, born 21.9. 1784 in Wien; † 31.10. 1858 in Mailand.

-- Emilie007  9/29/2008

Wow! Karl is a sexy name! I've never realized that before! I really like this name.

-- D.Scott  2/22/2009

Karl Malden was an actor who died recently. He appeared in A Streetcar Named Desire.

-- bananarama  8/19/2009

My father's and grandfather's names are Karl. My name is Karly. We are Hungarian. I may name my son Karl. I like it. The K looks Hungarian and exotic to me. I hate the look of "Carly" and "Carl". My dad has the nickname Kardo (like kar-doo) and I get Kar. Great names, I recommend them.

-- karlyjok  2/1/2011

Karl/Carl Blechen (1798-1840) was a German painter who died insane.

-- Anonymous User  9/19/2011

Karl Pavlovich Bryullov (1799 - 1852), also transliterated Briullov or Briuloff and referred to by his friends as "The Great Karl", was a Russian painter. He is regarded as a key figure in transition from the Russian neoclassicism to romanticism.

-- Anonymous User  10/12/2011

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