Carl

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Male Name

Usage

Danish
Swedish
Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

Variant spelling of Karl

Related Names

See Karl

Further Information

Namesakes

Carl XVI Gustaf Folke Hubertus , Sveriges Konung (King of Sweden) * 30th April, 1946

Carl Philip Edmund Bertil , Prins av Sverige, Hertig av Värmland (Prince of Sweden, Duke of Värmland) * 13th May, 1979

Pronunciation

Swedish: [ˌkɑːɹl]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[1]		0	3	24948	125372
Denmark[2]		0	n.a.	9066	n.a
Norway[3]		0	0	211	3726
Finland[4]		n.a.	1	n.a	5438
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[1][2][3][4]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[3]:

Sources: ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

References

1. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
2. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
3. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
4. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi