Gender Masculine
Meaning & History
German and Scandinavian form of CHARLES. This was the name of seven emperors of the Holy Roman Empire and an emperor of Austria, as well as kings of Sweden and Norway. 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
VariantsCarl(German) Carl(Swedish) Carl(Norwegian) Carl(Danish) Kaarle, Kaarlo(Finnish) Carolus(Ancient Germanic)
DiminutiveKalle(Swedish)
Feminine FormsCarla, Carola, Karla, Karola(German) Carola, Karla(Swedish) Karla(Norwegian) Karla(Danish)
Other Languages & CulturesCarles(Catalan) Carlu(Corsican) Karlo(Croatian) Karel(Czech) Karel, Carel(Dutch) Charles, Charlot, Charly(French) Karolos(Greek) Kale(Hawaiian) Károly, Karcsi(Hungarian) Séarlas(Irish) Carlo(Italian) Kārlis(Latvian) Sjarel(Limburgish) Karolis(Lithuanian) Karol(Polish) Carlos, Carlinhos, Carlito, Carlitos(Portuguese) Carol(Romanian) Karol(Slovak) Karel, Karol(Slovene) Carlos, Carlito, Carlitos(Spanish) Siarl(Welsh)
Popularity
Images
Karl Marx (1882)People think this name is
classic mature wholesome strong simple serious nerdy
Name Days
Categories
A Song of Ice and Fire characters, actors, Atelier characters, athletes, Attack on Titan characters, Bully characters, currently out of the US top 1000, Desperate Housewives characters, Dream SMP, Elder Scrolls characters, emperors, fashion designers, Franz Kafka characters, Game of Thrones characters, House of Cards US characters, Hunters characters, inventors, kings, Legend of the Galactic Heroes characters, Leo Tolstoy characters, Moral Orel characters, nobility, Norwegian royal family, philosophers, Phineas and Ferb characters, Sims 3 characters, storms, Suikoden characters, Swedish royal family, top 10 in Denmark, True Blood characters, W Somerset Maugham characters, Westworld characters, world leaders, YouTubers
