Girl name Old German origin Christian tradition

Carol

KAIR-ul · 5 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Free man; song of joy
Language
Old German
Culture
Germanic
Religion
Christian
Style era
vintage
Themes
music · virtue
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#2631
2024 births66
Peak year1946
First appeared1880
Total US births816,838
1946 peak18801916195219882024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
CarrieCari
Alternate spellings
CaroleKarol
In other languages
Carla (Italian)Carola (German)

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