Carroll - Meaning of Carroll

What does Carroll mean?

[ 2 syll. car-rol(l), ca-rro-ll ] The baby boy name Carroll is also used, but less commonly, as a girl name. Its pronunciation is KEHR-ahL †. Carroll is used predominantly in the English and Romanian languages, and it is derived from Celtic and Germanic origins.

Carroll is a variant spelling of the name Carol (Romanian) as well as a variant of the name Carl (English, German, and Scandinavian).

Carroll is also a variant (English) of the name Cearbhall (English and Irish).

Carroll is also a variant spelling of the name Carol (Romanian) as well as a variant (Romanian) of the name Charles (English and French).

See also the related categories, romanian, english, celtic, and germanic (german).

Carroll is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1934, 0.083% of baby boys were given the name Carroll. Its ranking then was #164. The baby name has since fallen out of favor, and is currently of sporadic use. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Carroll, Charles was the most commonly used in 2018. Carroll has in the past century been predominantly given to baby boys. In 1953, Carroll as a baby boy name outnumbered its use as a girl name by 4 times.

Baby names that sound like Carroll include Carol, Carrol, Caarlo, Carel, Carley, Carlie, Carlisle, Carlo, Carloe, Carlow, Carlowe, Carly, Carlyle, Caroll, Caryl, Cathal, Cockril, Corlee, Corley, and Corli.

† Pronunciation for Carroll: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)"



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