Meaning of name Karl

The name Karl has the following meaning:

It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

As a baby boy name, Karl is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 648 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Karl rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 36 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 964 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Karl in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Karl is very likely a(n) Scandinavian variant of the name Charles. See other suggested Scandinavian boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Charles.

The following names are baby names related to Karl and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Karl: Boys - Emmet, Everett, Otho, Watt, Wilburn, Girls - Adelaide, Adelia, Adelle, Adline, Alberta, Allar, Arleth, Arminda, Arminta, Berdie, Bernardine, Both genders - Bertha, Emma, Gertrude

The name Karl is a variant of Charles. Other popular variants of the name Charles are: Carel (Polish), Carl (Scandinavian), Carlo (Italian), Carlos (Portuguese), Carlus (Irish), Carrol (French), Carroll (German), Caryl, Chad, Charlea, Charlee (German), Charleigh, Charley, Charli (German), Charlie (English), Charlot (French), Charls (German), Charlton, Charly, Chars (German), Chas (English), Chay, Chaz (English), Chazz, Chick, Chip, Cholly, Chuck (English), Kaarle (Finnish), Kale (Hawaiian), Karel (Dutch), Karl (Scandinavian), Karol (Polish), Karoly (Hungarian), Searlas (Irish Gaelic), Siarl (Welsh), Tearlach (Gaelic), Xarles (Basque)

We think the name Karl should fall under the following style category: Everlasting.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Karl to be: A smart and loyal person

In one word, you might describe Karl as a(n) "loyal" person.

See other "loyal" names for boys.