Given name
Kaarlo
“a free man”
Kaarlo is a variant of Karl. One German interpretation is “a free man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kaarlo is a variant of Karl. One German interpretation is “a free man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kaarlo is a variant of Karl. An origin associated with Karl is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kaarlo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1919. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kaarlo’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Kaarlo has a diminutive in KALLU. In Finnish usage, Kaarlo has a conventional equivalent in the English form Charles. In Finnish usage, Kaarlo has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Carlos.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kaarlo has relatives in 4 languages.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kaarlo
- Kaarlo Juho StåhlbergPresident of Finland (1865–1952)
- Kaarlo CastrénFinnish politician and Prime Minister (1860-1938)
- Pentti LinkolaFinnish ecologist, polemicist, naturalist, writer, and fisherman (1932–2020)
- Kaarlo KangasniemiFinnish weightlifterborn 1941
- Kaarlo MaaninkaFinnish long-distance runnerborn 1953
- Kaarlo KoskeloFinnish wrestler (1888–1953)
- Kaarlo Tuominenathletics competitor (1908-2006)
- Kaarlo MäkinenOlympic wrestler (1892-1980)
- Kaarlo SoinioFinnish gymnast and footballer (1888-1960)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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