Carl (name)

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Carl
PronunciationUrban East Norwegian: [kɑːl] Swedish: [kɑːɭ]
GenderMale
Origin
Word/name Old Norse
Other names
Related names Karl, Kaarel, Karel, Charles, Carlos, Kalle, Karol

Carl is a North Germanic male name meaning "free man". The name originates in Old Norse. [1]

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It is the first name of many Kings of Sweden including Carl XVI Gustaf. It is popular in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, and was largely popularized in the United States by Scandinavian and Italian (shortened from "Carlo") descendants. Karl is a Germanic spelling which is very popular in Austria, Estonia, Germany, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland, and was also popularized by German-speaking descendants in the United States. Other variants include the Anglo-Saxon-Frankish variant Charles, popular in Australia, Philippines, Canada, France, New Zealand, the UK and the United States, although both Karl and Carl are also widespread names in most English speaking countries; Carlo, very popular in Italy and southern Switzerland; Carlos, popular in Spain, Portugal and Latin America; and Karol, a variant in Poland and Slovakia.

List of people named Carl

Royalty and nobility

Most other Swedish and Norwegian royalty so named – see Carl of Sweden – are listed on English Wikipedia as Charles.

As a family name

As a given name

As a stage name

Fictional characters

Derived surnames

There are several derivations of the surname Carl, most of them originating as "son of Carl":

See also

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References

  1. Peterson, Lena (2007). Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (PDF) (in Swedish). Institutet för språk och folkminnen. p. 146. ISBN   9789172290402.