Károly () is a common
Hungarian male
given name
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. It is also sometimes found as a Hungarian
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 ...
. Károly is considered the equivalent of English Karl or
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 ''* ...
(because the
Latin
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Carolus is very close to Károly).
[Fercsik Erzsébet – Raátz Judit: Keresztnevek enciklopédiája – Budapest 2009, ]
Given names
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Charles I of Hungary (1288–1342), in Hungarian Károly Róbert, King of Hungary and Croatia
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Károly Aggházy (1855–1918), Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer
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Károly Andrássy (1792–1845), Hungarian politician
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Károly Bajkó
Károly Bajkó (1 August 1944 – 9 June 1997) was a Hungarian wrestler. He was born in Békés. He was Olympic bronze medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1968, and in Freestyle wrestling
Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling ...
(1944–1997), Hungarian Olympic wrestler
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Károly Balzsay (born 1979), Hungarian boxer
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Károly Bartha (Minister of Defence) (1884–1964), Hungarian colonel general and politician
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Károly József Batthyány (1697–1772), Hungarian general, field marshal and ban (viceroy) of Croatia
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Károly Binder (born 1956), Hungarian jazz pianist, composer and educator
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Károly Brocky (1808–1855), Hungarian painter
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Károly Doncsecz (1918–2002), Slovene potter
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Károly Ecser (1931–2005), Hungarian weightlifter
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Károly Eperjes (born 1954), Hungarian actor
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Károly Ferencz (1913–1984), Hungarian wrestler
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Károly Ferenczy (1862–1917), Hungarian painter
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Károly Frenreisz (born 1946), Hungarian singer and songwriter
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Károly Gesztesi (1963–2020), Hungarian actor
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Károly Grósz (1930–1996), Hungarian politician
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Károly Hieronymi (1836–1911), Hungarian engineer and politician
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Károly Horvath (born 1947), Hungarian singer known as Charlie
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Károly Kárpáti (1906–1996), Hungarian Olympic wrestling
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Károly Kerkapoly (1824–1891), Hungarian politician and Minister of Finance
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Károly Kernstok (1873–1940), Hungarian painter
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Károly Kisfaludy (1788–1830), Hungarian dramatist and artist
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Károly Knezić (1808–1849), Hungarian Army general
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Károly Kós (1883–1977), Hungarian architect, writer, illustrator, ethnologist and politician
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Károly Leiningen-Westerburg (1819–1849), German general in the Hungarian Army
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Károly Lotz (1833–1904), German-Hungarian painter
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Károly Makk (1925–2017), Hungarian film director and screenwriter
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Károly Markó the Elder (1793–1860), Hungarian painter
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Károly Reich (1922–1988), Hungarian artist
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Károly Sándor (1928–2014), Hungarian footballer
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Károly Simonyi (1916–2001), Hungarian physicist, father of
Charles Simonyi
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Károly Szabó (1916–1964), Austro-Hungarian assistant of Raoul Wallenberg in rescuing Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust
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Károly Takács
Károly Takács (21 January 1910 – 5 January 1976) was the first shooter to win two Olympic gold medals in the 25 metre rapid fire pistol event, both with his left hand after his right hand was seriously injured. He is the third known ...
(1910–1976), Hungarian Olympic sport shooter
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Károly Tersztyánszky (1854–1921), Austro-Hungarian general in World War I
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Károly Than (1834–1908), Hungarian chemist
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Károly Vécsey (1803–1849), Hungarian Army general
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Károly Zipernowsky (1853–1942), Austrian-born Hungarian engineer
Surnames
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David Karoly (born 1955), Australian atmospheric scientist
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Jenő Károly (1886–1926), Hungarian footballer
See also
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Károlyi, a Hungarian surname
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Karoli (disambiguation)
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Karola
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Karolj
References
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Hungarian masculine given names
Masculine given names
Hungarian-language surnames