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Carl

boy name · Germanic origin · 1 syllable

Meaning

means 'free man', from Germanic karl

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1910s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Carl peaked in the 1910s.

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