Karl

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Old Swedish Old Swedish
Old Danish Old Danish
Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Faroe Islands Faroese
Iceland Icelandic
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) Old Norse karl = 'free man' [1] [2]

2) Short form of Háriolus, a pet form of Germanic names beginning with Charja-/Harja- = 'army', see HER

Related Names

     
Carl ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Carlis ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Carlo ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian
Carlos ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Kaarali ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Greenlandic
Kaarle ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Kaarlo ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Kake ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Kari ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Old Danish
Karl ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Old Danish Old Norse Old Swedish Swedish
Karle ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Karlis ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Karlo ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish

See also:
Variant forms: Carolus (Latinised), Charles (French, English), Karel (Dutch, Slavic), Kárral (Sami)
Pet forms: Kapu, Karli, *Karl-si, KarlungR, Kassu
Female forms: Karla, Karlovna

Combinations

For combinations see KARL (name element)

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

28 January

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

28 January

Norway Norway

28 January

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

28 January

Sweden Sweden

28 January

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Karl
Accusative: Karl
Dative: Karli
Genitive: Karls

Further Information

Cognates

Finnish: Mies

Pronunciation

Swedish: [ˌkɑːɹl]

Namesakes

Karl Adolph Gjellerup, 2 June 1857 – 13 October 1919), Danish poet and novelist, Nobel laureate (Literature, 1917)

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png 2 5 55714 209909
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m5.png 0 n.a. 8807 n.a
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 1079 9245
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png n.a. 1 n.a 23914
  #: 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[3][4][5][6]:Name statistics for Karl(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[5]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Karl(m)


Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
  2. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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