Name

Name CAROL

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 905,003 births of Carol in the countries below, which represents an average of 6,373 births of children bearing the first name Carol per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 149 births.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Carol
In Italiano

Nome Carol

Variations : Caroline , Caroll , Karol , Karoĺ , Karoľ

Information about the first name Carol

The first name Carol is listed in our categories :

Romanian names (boys)
Carol
Names of South Park characters
Carol

The first name Carol has been assigned to:

0.74% to boys
99.26% to girls

The country where the first name Carol is the most common is:

United State of America

This first name is on trend: Female

This first name has 5 letters including 2 vowels and 3 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Carol

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Carol : Acrlo, Alcor, C A R L O, Calro, Carlo, Claro, Clora, Coral, Corla, Lorca

Carol in Japanese ^*

Romaji	kyaroru
Katakana	キャロル
Hiragana	きゃろる
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Carol in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Carol

English

Etymology

Shortened from Caroline. Associated by folk etymology with the English noun carol.

Etymology

From Middle English carole, from Old French carole, from Old Italian carola, from Medieval Latin choraula, a variant of choraulēs (“flute player accompanying a chorus dance”), from Ancient Greek χοραυλής (khoraulḗs, “one who accompanies a chorus on the flute”), from χορός (khorós, “choir; dance”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to enclose”) or *ǵʰoros) + αὐλός (aulós, “flute”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlos (“tube”)). Compare chorus, terpsichorean.

Etymology

See carrel.

Etymology (Noun)

carol (plural carols)
(historical) A round dance accompanied by singing.
A ballad or song of joy.
(specifically) A (usually traditional) religious or secular song sung at Christmastime.

Etymology (Pronunciation)

(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkæɹəl/
(General American) IPA(key): /ˈkæɹəl/
Rhymes: -æɹəl
Hyphenation: car‧ol

Etymology (Proper noun)

Carol
A female given name from the Germanic languages, popular in the middle of the 20th century.

Etymology (Verb)

carol (third-person singular simple present carols, present participle (UK) carolling or (US) caroling, simple past and past participle (UK) carolled or (US) caroled)
(intransitive, historical) To participate in a carol (a round dance accompanied by singing).
(intransitive) To sing in a joyful manner.
(intransitive) To sing carols; especially to sing Christmas carols in a group.
(transitive) To praise or celebrate in song.
(transitive) To sing (a song) cheerfully.

Etymology (Noun)

carol (plural carols)
(architecture) Alternative form of carrel (“small closet or enclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study”).

Etymology (Proper noun)

Carol
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
1899, The English Illustrated Magazine, MacMillan and Co., item notes V.21, page 295
This table shows the curious fact that little Prince Carol of Roumania (who is at once the great-grandson and the third cousin of Queen Victoria) has a better hereditary right to the British Throne than Her Majesty.

Anagrams

Carlo, Claro, Clora, Coral, claro, coral

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -æɹəl

General

Etymology

Shortened from Latin Carolus; also an Anglicization of Romanian Carol, or Polish or Slovak Karol, all cognates of the English Charles.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Carolus.

Proper noun

Carol m (genitive/dative lui Carol)
a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Charles.

Popularity of the name Carol

Number of CAROL births per year

Popularity of the name Carol

Total births of Carol by country

		Births with the first name Carol
Country		Boys Girls
	United State of America 1880 - 2022	5,455 814,021
	Ontario 1913 - 2019	109 26,691
	Brazil 1930 - 2022	380 22,990
	New Zealand 1900 - 2022	0 7,666
	Australia 1930 - 2022	16 6,583
	British Columbia 1919 - 2022	0 5,875
	Ireland 1964 - 2022	0 5,111
	France 1900 - 2022	554 2,942
	New Scotland 1920 - 2022	0 2,370
	Italy 1999 - 2021	24 2,088
	Switzerland 1909 - 2021	48 943
	Argentina 1922 - 2015	0 249
	United Kingdom 1996 - 2021	19 215
	Alberta 1980 - 2022	1 217
	Quebec 1980 - 2022	89 84
	Chili 2010 - 2021	1 129
	Germany 2000 - 2022	19 27
	Austria 1984 - 2021	15 12
	Czechoslovakia 1900 - 2016	0 19
	Portugal 2014 - 2022	0 19
	Denmark 1985 - 2022	3 6
	Belgium 1995 - 2022	0 7
	Sweden 1998 - 2022	0 6

Popularity of the name Carol

Total births of Carol by country (last available year)

		Births with the first name Carol
Country		Boys Girls
	Italy 2021	1 67
	United State of America 2022	0 37
	United Kingdom 2021	8 6
	Chili 2021	0 8
	Ontario 2019	0 7
	Germany 2022	0 5
	Argentina 2015	0 4
	Switzerland 2021	0 4
	Austria 2021	2 0

Comments on the name Carol

Personalities with the first name Carol

There are 142 personalities with the first name Carol

Annette Bening

United states of america
Actor Stage actor Voice actor Television actor Film actor

Mae C. Jemison (Mae Carol Jemison)

United states of america
Astronaut Actor Physician Engineer Professor Physicist Children's writer

Joyce Carol Oates

United states of america
Screenwriter Writer Poet Professor Playwright Autobiographer Diarist University teacher Children's writer Novelist Essayist

Charles Ier De Roumanie

United principalities of moldavia and wallachia German empire Kingdom of romania
Military personnel Art collector

Carole King (Carol Joan Klein)

United states of america
Actor Composer Singer Pianist Singer-songwriter Musician Voice actor Television actor Film actor Recording artist

Carol Burnett (Carol Creighton Burnett)

United states of america
Screenwriter Actor Writer Singer Comedian Television actor Film actor Television presenter Stage actor Voice actor Dancer

Carol Ii De Roumanie

Kingdom of romania
Sovereign

Carol Channing (Carol Elaine Channing)

United states of america
Entertainer Singer Comedian Musician Stage actor Voice actor

Carol Reed

United kingdom
Screenwriter Stage actor Film director Film producer Director Producer

Diahann Carroll (Carol Diahann Johnson)

United states of america
Television actor Film actor Actor Singer Stage actor Model

There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Carol
Full list of personalities with the first name Carol

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Carol

There are 2175 actors and actresses with the first name Carol

Carol Vega

Carol Vendramine

Carol Schuler

Carol Anne Watts

Carol Sampaio

Carol Batay

Carol Castro

Carol Weiss

Carol Banawa

Carol Ferrer

Carol Hubner

Carol Muakuku

Carol Roy

Carol Goldnerova

Carol Seyboth

Carol Gracias

Carol Bernaola

Carol Pearson

Carol Machado

Carol Grow

Carol Moses

Carol Anne Raffa

Carol Shaya

Carol Brown

Carol Campbell

Carol Ann Leif

Carol Cummings

Carol Lynn

Carol Foxx

Carol Oppermann

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Carol
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Carol

Rankings of first name CAROL by country

Country ranking (boys)
Rank	Country	Year
#1681	Austria	2021
#2710	United Kingdom	2021
#22390	Italy	2021

Country ranking (girls)
Rank	Country	Year
#272	Italy	2021
#767	Chili	2021
#1000	Argentina	2015
#1385	Ontario	2019
#1476	Switzerland	2021
#2289	United State of America	2022
#3935	United Kingdom	2021
#4172	Germany	2022