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 [ 2 syll. car-los, ca-rl-os ] The boy name Carlos is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is KAARLowS KEY. Carlos is largely used in the Portuguese and Spanish languages, and its origin is Germanic. Carlos is a variant of the name Charles (English and French). Variants of Carlos include the pet forms Carlito (Portuguese and Spanish) and Carlitos (Portuguese and Spanish). See also the related forms, José Carlos (Spanish) and Juan Carlos (Spanish). Carlos is popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1900s; before that, it was of occasional use only. Its usage peaked modestly in 2001 with 0.331% of baby boys being given the name Carlos. It ranked at #59 then. In 2008, its usage was 0.279% and its ranking #73. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Carlos, Charles (English and French) was the most frequently used. In 2008, it was used 20% more than Carlos. Carlos has in the past century been mostly given to boys. Baby names that sound like Carlos include Carlus (Irish), Corliss (English), Karlik (Czech), Karlis (Latvian), Karlík (Czech), Carles (Catalan), Carolos (Greek), Carolus (English), Karlícek (Czech), Karlousek (Czech), Karolis (Lithuanian), Carollus (English), and Karolek (Polish). Details of famous persons named Carlos: KEY: English pronunciation for Carlos: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
