Given name & surname · also Swedish
Kaarle
“free man”
Kaarle is used as a given name and a surname. Kaarle is connected with CHARLEs.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Kaarle comes from Old Swedish, and ultimately from Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Finnish use, Kaarle is used as a form of CHARLEs.
Kaarle’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Kaarle has a diminutive in KAKE. Kaarle shares a linguistic root with Charles. In Finnish usage, Kaarle has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Carlos.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kaarle has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
14 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kaarle
- Kaarle McCullochAustralian racing cyclistborn 1988
- Kaarle KrohnFinnish folklorist (1863–1933)
- Väinö VoionmaaFinnish politician (1869–1947)
- Kaarle OjanenFinnish chess player (1918–2009)
- Kaarle TapperFinnish sailorborn 1995
- Kaarle ElliläFinnish politician1888–1957
- Kaarle HalmeFinnish actor and director (1864-1946)
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