Male Name
Karl
ˈkaʁl
ˈkɑːɭ
ˈkɑːˀl
ˈkɑɹl
ˈkɑːl
ˈkɑrl
Overview
Gender
masculine
Origin
Categories
alpinists
Anne Rice characters
A Song of Ice and Fire characters
Atelier characters
Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest
Austrian presidents
Bully characters
composers
currently out of the US top 1000
Desperate Housewives characters
Characteristics
How people perceive this name
Overall Rating
74/100
classic140%
mature120%
formal65%
wholesome80%
strong140%
simple120%
serious100%
Meaning & Etymology
German and Scandinavian form of Charles. This was the name of seven rulers of the Franks and the Holy Roman Empire. It was also borne by a beatified emperor of Austria (1887-1922), as well as ten kings of Sweden. Other famous bearers include the German philosophers Karl Marx (1818-1883), one of the developers of communism, and Karl Jaspers (1883-1969), an existentialist and psychiatrist.