Given name & surname
Carolus
“a free man”
Carolus is a variant of Carl. In German use, Carl carries the interpretation “a free man.”
Original LatinCarlus
Meaning & origin
What it means
Carolus is a variant of Carl. In German use, Carl carries the interpretation “a free man.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Carolus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1967. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 606 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Carolus’s family of names
In Latin usage, Carolus has a later derivative in Charles. Carolus has an English adaptation in Carol. In Latin usage, Carolus has a conventional equivalent in the English form Charles.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Carolus has relatives in 17 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 21
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Carolus
- Carolus ClusiusFlemish doctor and botanist (1526–1609)
- Karel van de WoestijneFlemish writer (1878-1929)
- Charles SealsfieldAmerican author and journalist (1793-1864)
- Carl Andreas DukerGerman classical scholar and jurist (1670–1752)1660–1752
- Carolus LindbergFinnish architect (1889–1955)
- Carolus MaesFlemish catholic bisshop1607–1610
- Carolus Adrianus Johannes KreutzDutch botanistborn 1954
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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