masculine Karl

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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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danish
english
english
estonian
estonian
faroese
faroese
finnish
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german
german
greenlandic
greenlandic
icelandic
icelandic
norwegian
norwegian
old danish
old danish
old norse
old norse
old swedish
old swedish
russian
russian
swedish
swedish
ukrainian
ukrainian

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afrikaans
english
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dutch
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french
greenlandic
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welsh
italian
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hungarian (magyar)
catalan
galician
portuguese
spanish
czech
slovene
greek
irish
lithuanian
basque
ancient Germanic (Latinized)
middle french
albanian
croatian
esperanto
estonian
latvian
sami (lapps)
middle english
belarusian

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United States Ranking #1095


Namedoctor Weekly Ranking #1560

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Notable People and Personalities

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Karl Blossfeldt, German Artist
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Karl Kraus, Austrian Writer
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Karl Lagerfeld, German Fashion Designer
Karl Landsteiner, Austrian Biologist And Physician
Karl Lucas.english Actor And Comedian
Karl Malden (1912–2009), American Actor
Karl Malone, American Basketball Player
Karl Marx, Prussian Philosopher, Father Of Communism
Karl Pilkington, English Podcaster, Author And Former Radio Producer
Karl Popper, Austrian/british Philosopher
Karl Power, British Prankster
Karl Rapp, German Engineer
Karl Rove, American Political Advisor
Karl Urban (1972), New Zealand Actor
Karl Virtanen (born 1971), Sweden-finnish Journalist
Karl Weierstrass, German Mathematician
Karl Wendlinger, Austrian Race Car Driver