masculine Carl

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Origin:
germanic
Name Root:
*harjaz / *charja- > *karlaz > KARL (ċeorl)
Meaning:*
The etymology of the name comes from the common Germanic noun “*karlaz” meaning “free man,” which survives in English as “churl,” Old English (Anglo-Saxon) “ċeorl,” which developed its deprecating sense in the Middle English period. In turn, this name derives from the West Frankish name “Háriolus,” a pet form of Germanic names beginning with “*harjaz / *charja-,” meaning “army, army leader, commander, warrior.” The name took a Romanic influence. The Germanic “H” would be represented by a “C” in Romanic spelling; this is where the “C” or “K” came in. The feminine form Caroline and Carolina derive from “Carolus” which is Latin for Charles (English), from which it also derives Charlotte and its derivates. The name was brought in particular by Charlemagne “Charles the Great” and was at the time Latinized as Karolus as “in Vita Karoli Magni,” later also as Carolus. Charles the Great (German: Karl der Große; Latin: Carolus or Karolus Magnus) or Charles I, was the King of the Franks from 768, the King of Italy from 774, the first Holy Roman Emperor, and the first emperor in western Europe since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier.

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english
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german
greenlandic
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icelandic
icelandic
norwegian
norwegian
swedish
swedish

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afrikaans
english
german
danish
dutch
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french
greenlandic
norwegian
swedish
welsh
estonian
faroese
icelandic
old danish
old norse
old swedish
russian
ukrainian
italian
hungarian (magyar)
catalan
galician
portuguese
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czech
slovene
greek
irish
lithuanian
basque
ancient Germanic (Latinized)
middle french
albanian
croatian
esperanto
latvian
sami (lapps)
middle english
belarusian

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Popularity & Ranking

United States Ranking #923


Namedoctor Weekly Ranking #2955

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New Age Curiosities

Numerological Values: #7

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Chakra Number: #7
Crown Chakra "Sahasrara"

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Color meaning: Violet

The color violet relates to the imagination and spirituality. It stimulates the imagination and inspires high ideals. It is an introspective color, allowing us to get in touch with our deeper thoughts. The difference between violet and purple is that violet appears in the visible light spectrum, or rainbow, whereas purple is simply a mix of red and blue. Violet has the highest vibration in the visible spectrum.

Name Songs

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Artist
carl's big chance
beach boys

Notable People and Personalities

Carl August Hagberg, Swedish Linguist
Carl Ballantine (1917–2009), American Actor
Carl Brashear, U.s. Navy Master Diver
Carl Jenkinson (born 1992) English Professional Footballer
Carl Kasell, American Radio Personality
Carl Pursell, American Politician
Carl Reiner (born 1922) American Actor, Film Director, Producer, Writer, And Comedian
Carl Rogers, American Psychologist And Psychotherapist
Carl Schueler, American Race Walker