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Updated June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

  • English : Song
  • Old German : Freeholder; English feminine form of Carolus; Originally a short form of Caroline; feminine form of Charles

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Manly
  • Czechoslovakian : Man; Carl's town

How Popular Is The Name Karol

Family name origins & meanings

  • Western Slavic : from the personal name Karol (see Charles).
  • Jewish : possibly a shortened form of some Ashkenazic name, as for example Karolinski, a habitational name for someone from the town of Karolin, in Poland and Belarus.

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