Given name · Greek
Κάρολος
Κάρολος (Károlos) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Germanic. It is used in Greek.
GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Charles.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Κάρολος comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Greek usage, Κάρολος developed from Carolus.
Κάρολος’s family of names
In Greek usage, Κάρολος developed from the Latin form Carolus. In Greek usage, Κάρολος has a conventional equivalent in the French form Charles. In Greek usage, Κάρολος has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Carlos.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Κάρολος has relatives in 21 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
18 related names in 21 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 18
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Κάρολος
- Karolos Papoulias6th President of Greece (1929–2021)
- Karolos KounGreek theater director (1908–1987)
- Karolos TrikolidisAustrian conductor1947–2022
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