Carol

Meaning

Proper Noun

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

Origin

  • Shortened from Caroline. Associated by folk etymology with the English noun carol.
  • Shortened from Latin Carolus; also an Anglicization of Romanian Carol, or Polish or Slovak Karol, all cognates of the English Charles.

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