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 [ 2 syll. ca-rol, car-ol ] The girl name Carol is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced KAERahL KEY. Carol's origin is English and Germanic, and its use, English. English and Germanic origin: Derived literally from the ordinary word carol. The name has often been bestowed upon children born around the Christmas season. Forms of the name include the Spanish, English, and German Carola, the Hawaiian Kalola, and the English Karel. In addition, Carol is an English short form of the English and French Caroline. The spelling variants Carel (English), Carole (English and French), Caroll (English), Carrol (English), Carroll (English), Caryl (English), Caryle (English), Karol (English), Karole (English), and Karyl (English) are other forms of Carol. Carol is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the height of its usage in 1945, 2.258% of baby girls were named Carol. It had a ranking of #5 then. The baby name has substantially dropped in popularity since then, and is of only sporadic use now. In 2008, within the family of girl names directly related to Carol, the English and French Caroline was the most widely used. Carol has mainly been a girl name in the last century. There were 184 times more girls than boys who were named Carol in 1965. Baby names that sound like Carol include the English and French Carole, the English Carrol, the English Carroll, the English Karyl, the English Carel, the English, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Scandinavian Carla, the English Carle, the English Carlee, the English Carley, the English Carli, the English Carlie, the English Carliyle, the English Carly, the English Carlyle, the English and Welsh Caryl, the English Caryle, the English Coral, the English Corly, the English Karel, and the German, Scandinavian, Czech, and English Karla. Details of famous persons named Carol: KEY: Pronunciation for Carol: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
