Given name & surname
Karlsson
“son of Karl”
Karlsson is a surname from Swedish. It is used in English and Swedish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Karlsson goes back to Swedish Karlsson, meaning “son of Karl.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Karlsson’s family of names
In English usage, Karlsson as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Carlson. In Swedish usage, Karlsson as a surname has a related form in Carlsson. In Swedish usage, Karlsson as a surname has a related form in Carlsson.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Karlsson has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Swedish roots to each of them.
Swedishwhere Karlsson comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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