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Charles René Augustin Léclancher
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (James (< Latin ''-us'', see Spanish/ Portuguese ''Carlos''). According to Julius Pokorny, the historical linguist and Indo-European studies, Indo-Europeanist, the root meaning of Charles is "old man", from Proto-Indo-European language, Indo-European *wikt:Appendix:Proto-Indo-Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl (name)
Carl is a North Germanic masculine name meaning "free man". The name originates in Old Norse. It is the first name of many Kings of Sweden including Carl XVI Gustaf. It is a variant of the English Charles, and the Latin Carolus (name), Carolus. List of people named Carl Royalty and nobility *Carl Bernadotte (1911–2003), Swedish prince *Carl Johan Bernadotte (1916–2012), Swedish prince *Carl XVI Gustaf (born 1946), King of Sweden 1973 to present *Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland (born 1979), Prince of Sweden *Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland (1861–1951), Swedish prince :Most other Swedish and Norwegian royalty so named – see Carl of Sweden (other), Carl of Sweden – are listed on English Wikipedia as ''Charles''. *Carl, Duke of Württemberg (1936–2022), head of the House of Württemberg from 1975 to 2022 As a given name *Carl Abbott (urban historian) (born 1944), American historian *Carl Abrahams (1911–2005), Jamaican artist *Carl Adams (wrestler) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |