Karl

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Karl is a Germanic given name, cognate with Charles, commonly used in German-speaking and other European countries.

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Label Occurrences
Karl canonical 112

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Germanic given name
given name
associatedWithRoyalty true
category Czech masculine given names
Dutch masculine given names
German masculine given names
Scandinavian masculine given names
Slovak masculine given names
etymologyRoot Proto-Germanic *karlaz
gender masculine
hasCognate Carl
Carlo
Carlos
Charles
Karel
Karol
hasDiminutive Kalle
Carlie
surface form: Karli
languageOfOrigin Germanic languages
meaning free man
man
nameDayInFinland January 28
nameDayInNorway January 28
nameDayInSweden January 28
notableBearerExample Karl Benz
Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Marx
Karl Popper
primaryLanguageUsage Czech
Danish
Dutch
Estonian
German
Icelandic
Norwegian
Other European languages
Slovak
Swedish
script Latin alphabet
shortFormOf Karl
surface form: Karlus (Latinized form)
usageRegion Central Europe
German-speaking countries
Northern Europe
Western Europe
variantSpelling Carl
Kalle (diminutive in some Nordic languages)

Referenced by (112)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles isCognateOf Karl
Karl Dönitz givenName Karl
Karl Menger givenName Karl
Tuffy Rhodes givenName Karl
Karl Urban givenName Karl
Karl Barth (visiting) givenName Karl
subject surface form: Karl Barth
Karl hasGivenName Karl
subject surface form: Karl von Rundstedt
Karl Polanyi givenName Karl
George Karl familyName Karl
Compton givenName Karl
subject surface form: Karl Taylor Compton
Károly hasRelatedName Karl
Karl Benz givenName Karl
Karl Bitter givenName Karl
Karl Hegel givenName Karl
Karel hasVariant Karl
Carlo hasVariant Karl
Karl givenName Karl
subject surface form: Karl Schwarzschild
Karl Jaspers givenName Karl
Karl Rahner givenName Karl
Bühler givenName Karl
subject surface form: Karl Bühler
Karl Bühler givenName Karl
Karl Renner givenName Karl
Karl Staaff givenName Karl
Carlo Abarth givenName Karl
Carl variantOf Karl
Carl hasSpellingVariant Karl
Karl Böhm givenName Karl
Karl Rove givenName Karl