Carroll is an
Irish unisex
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
and a
surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
(
Carroll). As an English given name, it is a form of
Charles
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''* ...
and
Caroline.
Notable people known by this name include the following:
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Carroll Edward Adams (1923–1970), American brigadier general
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Carroll Alley (1927–2016), American physicist
*Carroll Arnett, baptismal name of
Gogisgi, Cherokee poet
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Carroll Baker (born 1931), American actress
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Carroll Baker (singer) (born 1949), Canadian singer/songwriter
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Carroll Ballard (born 1937), American film director
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Carroll L. Beedy (1880–1947), American politician
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Carroll Beringer (1928–2011), American baseball player and coach
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Carroll Thayer Berry (1886–1978), American artist
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Carroll Bierman (1918–1970), American horse racing jockey
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Carroll Bloom (1928–1991), Canadian gridiron football player
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Carroll Parrott Blue (1943–2019), African-American filmmaker, director and author
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Carroll C. Boggs (1844–1923), American jurist
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Carroll Bond (1873–1943), American jurist
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Carroll Borland (1914–1994), American actress
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Carroll Broussard, American basketball player
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Carroll Burling (born 1934), American politician
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Carroll A. Campbell Jr. (1940–2005), American politician
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Carroll Carstairs (1888–1948), American art dealer and British army officer
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Carroll Chaplin (1882–1953), American politician
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Carroll Chase (1878–1960), American philatelist
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Carroll Clark (1894–1968), American art director
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Carroll Cloar (1913–1993), American painter
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Carroll Coates
Carroll Coates (23 September 1929 – 21 October 2023) was a British-American songwriter, composer and lyricist whose works were produced commercially from the 1950s to the 1990s. His songs have been recorded by Frank Sinatra, Carmen McRae, Tony ...
(1929–2023), American songwriter, composer, and lyricist
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Carroll L. Coburn (1907–1975), American politician
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Carroll Cole (1938–1985), American serial killer
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Carroll Cook (1855–1915), American judge
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Carroll Cooney (1887–1947), American gridiron football and squash player, hammer throw athlete, and businessman
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Carroll Cutler (1829–1894), American academic administrator
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Carroll Dale (born 1938), American gridiron football player
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Carroll John Daly (1889–1958), American writer
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Carroll C. Davis, American chemist
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Carroll Dawson, American assistant coach and general manager
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Carroll Dickerson (1895–1957), American jazz violinist and bandleader
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Carroll William Dodge
Carroll William Dodge (January 20, 1895 – July 21, 1988) was an American mycologist and lichenologist. His major fields of study included human and mammalian parasitic fungi, lichen-associated fungi, and fungi forming subterranean sporophore ...
(1895–1988), American mycologist and lichenologist
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Carroll Thomas Dozier (1911–1985), American prelate
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Carroll A. Edson (1891–1986), American scouting pioneer
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Carroll Lane Fenton (1900–1969), American geologist, paleontologist, neoichnologist, and historian of science
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Carroll Freeman, American operatic tenor, opera director, and music educator
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Carroll Gartin (1913–1966), American politician
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Carroll Gibbons (1903–1954), American-born pianist, bandleader and popular composer
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Carroll Gibson (born 1945), American politician
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Carroll Glenn (1918–1983), American violinist
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Carroll Haff (1892–1947), American track and field athlete
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Carroll C. Halterman (1919–2005), American management development authority
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Carroll Hardy (1933–2020), American baseball player
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Carroll C. Hincks (1889–1964), American judge
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Carroll Hollensworth (1900–1959), American politician
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Carroll Hooser (born 1944), American basketball player
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Carroll Hubbard (1937–2022), American politician
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Carroll Huntress (1924–2015), American football coach
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Carroll Izard (1923–2017), American research psychologist
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Carroll N. Jones III (1944–2017), American artist
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Carroll D. Kearns (1900–1976), American politician
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Carroll Kendall (1890–1975), Canadian ice hockey player
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Carroll F. King (1924–2010), American businessman and politician
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Carroll N. Kirk, American gridiron football player and college sports coach
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Carroll Knicely (2006), American editor and publisher
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Carroll Leavell (1936–2023), American politician
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Carroll LeTellier (1928–2019), US Army Major General
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Carroll Levis (1910–1968), Canadian radio personality
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Carroll Martin (1914–1985), American gridiron football executive
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Carroll McClure Lewin (1942–2022), American anthropologist
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Carroll W. McColpin (1914–2003). American Air Force officer
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Carroll McComas (1886–1962), American stage, film, and television actress
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Carroll McCray (born 1962), American gridiron football coach
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Carroll Meins (1892–1953), American politician
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Carroll Metzner (1919–2008), American politician
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Carroll Moran (born 1945), Irish judge
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Carroll Morgan (boxer) (1947–2018), Canadian boxer
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Carroll Morgan (computer scientist) (born 1952), American computer scientist
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Carroll Vincent Newsom (1904–1990), American educator
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Carroll Nye (1901–1974), American film actor
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Carroll O'Connor (1924–2001), American actor, producer, and director
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Carroll D. Osburn, American theologian
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Carroll S. Page (1843–1925), American businessman and politician
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Carroll Phillips (born 1992), American football
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Carroll Pickett (1933–2022), American minister
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Carroll Pratt (1921–2010), American sound engineer
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Carroll C. Pratt (1894–1979), American psychologist and musicologist
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Carroll Quigley (1910–1977), American historian and theorist
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Carroll Righter (1900–1988), American astrologer
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Carroll Roberson (born 1955), American evangelist, gospel singer-songwriter, and author
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Carroll Rosenbloom (1907–1979), American businessman
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Carroll Seghers II (1924–2004), American photographer
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Carroll Sembera (1941–2005), American baseball player
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Carroll Seron American sociologist
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Carroll Sheehan, American real estate executive and political figure
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Carroll Shelby (1923–2012), American automotive designer, racing driver, entrepreneur, and author
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Carroll H. Shilling (1885–1950). American jockey
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Carroll Eugene Simcox (1912–2002), American priest
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Carroll Smith (1932–2003), American race car driver, engineer, and author
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Carroll Smith-Rosenberg, scholar of women's history, gender studies, and sexuality
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Carroll Sockwell (1943–1992), American abstract artist
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Carroll O. Switzer (1908–1960), American judge
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Carroll Thompson (born 1960), British singer
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Carroll Waller (1927–2014), American preservationist, writer and political official
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Carroll Van West, American historian
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Carroll Livingston Wainwright (1899–1967), American artist
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Carroll Snow Wales (1917–2007), art restorer and conservator
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Carroll S. Walsh Jr. (1921–2012), American jurist
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Carroll Widdoes (1903–1971), American gridiron football coach and college athletics administrator
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Carroll Williams (1916–1991), American zoologist
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Carroll Williams (Canadian football) () American gridiron football player
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Carroll L. Wilson (1910–1983), American professor of management and technology
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Carroll D. Wood (1858–1941), associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
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Carroll D. Wright (1840–1909), American statistician
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Carroll Yerkes (1903–1950), American baseball player
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Carroll Carroll, professional name of Carroll S. Weinschenk, (1902–1991), American writer
*Carroll Burleigh Colby, full name of
C. B. Colby (1904–1977), American writer
*Carroll Malone, pseudonym of William B. McBurney (died 1892), Irish poet
*Carroll Mather Capps, who used the pseudonym
C. C. MacApp, (1917–1971), American science fiction author
*Carroll Ray Mothell, known as
Dink Mothell, (1897–1980), American Negro leagues baseball player
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Carroll Watson Rankin pen name of Caroline Clement Watson Rankin, (1864–1945), American author
*Julian Alvin Carroll Chandler, full name of
J. A. C. Chandler, (1872–1934), American historian, author and educator
Middle name
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Othilia Carroll Beals (1875–1970) American lawyer and judge
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James Carroll Beckwith (1852–1917), American painter
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Abner Carroll Binder (1896–1956), American journalist
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F. Carroll Brewster (1825–1898), American lawyer and judge
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Charles Carroll Colby (1827–1907), Canadian politician
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Jo-Carroll Dennison (1923–2021), Miss America 1942
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Daniel Carroll Digges (died 1860), American politician
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Lewis Carroll Epstein, American physics author
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Charles Carroll Everett (1829–1900), American divine and philosopher
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Ann Carroll Fitzhugh (1805–1875), American abolitionist
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Hugh Carroll Frazer (1891–1975), American Naval officer
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Charles Carroll Glover Jr. (1888–1976), American banker and philanthropist
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Lillie May Carroll Jackson (1889–1975), American civil rights activist
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Robert Carroll Johnson Jr. (1938–2014), American Bishop
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John Carroll LeGrand (1814–1861), American politician and jurist
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John Carroll Lynch (born 1963), American actor and film director
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Alexander Carroll Maingay (1836–1869), British physician and botanist
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C. Carroll Marsh (1829–?), American Army officer
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J. Carroll McCormick (1907–1996), American prelate
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Ronald Carroll McDonald (1926–2011), American child rapist
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Anne Carroll Moore (1871–1961), American educator, writer and advocate
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Ernest Carroll Moore (1871–1955), American educator
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James Carroll Napier (1845–1940), American politician, and civil rights leader
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Raymond Carroll Osburn (1872–1955), American zoologist
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J. Carroll Payne (1855–1936), American lawyer, banker, philanthropist, and patron of the arts
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Vernon Carroll Porter (1896–1982), American artist
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John Carroll Power (1819–1894), American historian
*Brazilla Carroll Reece, known as
B. Carroll Reece (1889–1961), American politician
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James Carroll Robinson (1823–1886), American politician
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Charles Carroll Simms (1824–1884), American and Confederate Naval officer
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Charles Carroll Soule (1842–1913), American bookman
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Henry Carroll Timmonds (1853–1913), American judge and state legislator
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Washington Carroll Tevis (1829–1900), American mercenary
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Charles Carroll Webster (1824-1893), American lawyer and politician
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Myra Carroll Winkler (1880–1963), American educator and politician
Fictional characters
* Carroll, a character in the ''
Adventure Time
''Adventure Time'' is an American fantasy animated television series created by Pendleton Ward and co-produced by Frederator Studios for Cartoon Network. The series follows the adventures of a boy named Finn the Human, Finn (Jeremy Shada) and ...
'' episode "
Elements Part 3: Winter Light"
See also
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Caroll
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Carrell (surname)
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Carrol
Notes
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