Karo (name)

Karo is an Armenian given name, a shortened version of the Armenian given name Karapet (Eastern Armenian) / Garabed (Western Armenian). The Western Armenian variant of Karo is Garo.

Given name

• Karo Ghafadaryan (1907–1976), Soviet Armenian archaeologist, historian, and epigraphist
• Karo Haghverdian (born 1945), Iranian-Armenian football player
• Karo Halabyan (1897-1959), Soviet Armenian architect
• Karo Mkrtchyan (1951–2001), Armenian painter
• Karo Murat (born 1983), Armenian-German professional boxer
• Karo Parisyan (born 1982), Armenian-American mixed martial arts fighter
• Karo Bonas (born 1984), Persian born Legend and Personality
• Karo Lumis (born 1980), Papua New Guinean cricketer

Surname

• Aaron Karo (born 1979), American author and comedian
• Armen Karo (or Garo) (1872–1923), Armenian nationalist politician
• Ezekiel Karo (1844–1915), German rabbi and historian
• Georg Karo (1872–1963), German archaeologist
• Henry Arnold Karo (1903–1986), vice admiral in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
• Isaac Karo (1458–1535), Spanish rabbi
• Joseph Karo (1488–1575), also known as Yosef Karo or Caro, Spanish-born rabbi and author of the Shulchan Aruch
• Paul Karo (1935–2025), Australian actor

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Karo
• All pages with titles containing Karo
• Karo (disambiguation)
• Garo (name)
• Karlo (name)
• Karol (name)