Carolus Forename

131,164th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 3,035 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Carolus Forename Definition:

A male name. (Latin Carolus, French Charles, Italian Carlo, Spanish Carlos, German, Scandinavian Karl, Dutch Slavonic Karel); Old German carl (Old English ceorl) ‘a man’. Karl or Carl was latinized as Carolus, whence the French Charles. The great popularity of the name in France and Germany was chiefly due to the renown of the Emperor Charles the Great, or Charlemagne.

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Carolus Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium
100%
1,1871:9,6801,058
South Africa
100%
6981:78,1276,921
Indonesia
100%
6011:429,22433,821
United States
100%
1051:3,452,73348,317
Netherlands
99%
 
871:194,2777,436
DR Congo
100%
621:1,190,76833,715
Germany
100%
571:1,696,10310,601
India
100%
381:31,970,473641,623
Finland
100%
221:249,2363,896
Philippines
94%
 
151:7,067,298110,797
Thailand
100%
151:4,671,05489,574
Sweden
100%
141:704,13615,982
Papua New Guinea
91%
 
111:741,11953,497
Cameroon
100%
111:1,964,59142,624
Liberia
100%
111:401,09611,764
Brazil
100%
81:26,779,519235,888
England
100%
71:7,943,27461,515
France
100%
71:9,495,76330,047
Nigeria
100%
61:29,594,060217,150
Malaysia
100%
61:5,074,990119,899
Estonia-61:219,2306,245
Austria
100%
51:1,702,8409,344
Switzerland
100%
41:2,053,37418,217
Dominican Republic-41:2,607,81819,206
Uganda
75%
 
41:10,239,23065,177
Chile
75%
 
41:4,401,80221,957
Zimbabwe
100%
31:5,141,27276,754
Norway-31:1,710,77619,445
Australia-31:4,552,54130,048
Canada-31:11,044,45776,719
Kenya-31:15,435,70351,312
Ecuador-31:5,908,97318,111
Singapore-21:3,143,52727,876
Spain-21:23,264,98224,876
Russia
100%
21:72,116,852125,484
Ivory Coast-11:23,075,933135,227
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Lesotho
100%
11:2,039,99747,971
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Suriname-11:552,8115,457
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Curaçao-11:155,8031,239
Congo-11:5,009,20537,978
Venezuela-11:30,201,893231,239
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388

Carolus (8,717) may also be a surname.

Carolus Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. (Latin Carolus, French Charles, Italian Carlo, Spanish Carlos, German, Scandinavian Karl, Dutch Slavonic Karel); Old German carl (Old English ceorl) ‘a man’. Karl or Carl was latinized as Carolus, whence the French Charles. The great popularity of the name in France and Germany was chiefly due to the renown of the Emperor Charles the Great, or Charlemagne. Charles was introduced to England by the Normans, but did not become common, though it is occasionally found from the 12th C on often in the form Carle, and gave rise to the surnames Charles and Charlet (from a diminutive). Promptorium Parvulorum gives it as Charlys. The use of the name in the House of Stuart did something to increase its popularity amongst Royalists in the 17th C and Jacobites in the 18th C, but it was not until the 19th C that it became really common, often in the pet-form Charlie. It was hardly used in Ireland until the 17th C, when it began to be used to translate various native names such as Cathal and Catheoir.

Karolus Curia Regis Rolls 1205, 1207. Carle Curia Regis Rolls 1205, 1210. Charles Hundred Rolls 1273.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

A Latin name, meaning: Form of Charles.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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