Given name & surname · also Old High German Karl
Karolus
Karolus is a masculine given name from Old High German Karl. It is used in Latin.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Karolus is a form of Carolus. Carolus comes from Germanic, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Karolus’s family of names
In Latin usage, Karolus has a related form in Charles. In Latin usage, Karolus has a related form in Carl. In Latin usage, Karolus has a related form in Karl.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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