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Karl.

a male given name

4 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

name/karl/[ˈkʰɑːˀl]stressed[kʰɑl]unstressed
  1. a male given name

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse Karl, from karl (“free man”), originally a nickname. Popularized by the fame of Charlemagne (Karl in Danish), from the same Proto-Germanic source.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.