Given name & surname · also Middle English
Sarel
Sarel is a masculine given name from Middle English, ultimately from Afrikaans. It is used in English, Dutch, and Afrikaans.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Sarel comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Afrikaans.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Afrikaans usage, Sarel developed from Charles.
Sarel’s family of names
In Afrikaans usage, Sarel developed from the French form Charles. In Afrikaans usage, Sarel continues an earlier form in Carel. In Afrikaans usage, Sarel developed from the Old High German form Karl.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sarel has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Afrikaans roots to each of them.
6 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
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 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sarel
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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