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♂ Carel
What does Carel mean?
Carel as a boys' name (also used as girls' name Carel) is an Old German name, and the meaning of the name Carel is "free man". Carel is a variant form of Carl (Old German): from Karl. Carel is also a variation of Charles (Old German): from "karl".
STARTS WITH Car-
Variations
VARIANTS Karol, Karel, Caryl, Carroll▼, Carrol▼
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA CARL, CHARLES Carlo, Carlos, Cary▼, Charley▼, Charls, Charly, Karl▼, Karoly
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Carrel, ..
(female) Casel, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Carel Naftali (C.N.), ..
How popular is Carel?
Carel is a rare first name for males but a very popular surname for all people (#36672 out of 150436, Top 24%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Which version is better?
Carl (#700 VIA LATEST LIST), Carlo (#1209), Carlos (#137), Carrol, Carroll, Cary, Caryl, Charles (#52), Charley (#1622), Charls, Charly, Karl (#1288) and Karol are the prominent varying forms of Carel (OUTSIDE TOP 2000). Other variants, like Karoly, are seldom used. These forms of Carel were favored by parents during 1880-1889 (AVERAGE #965) and have become significantly less popular since (#1462, ▼88.8%), with forms like Carroll becoming less in vogue. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Similar Names
Carel is alike in pronunciation to Caroll, Caryll, Coryell, Karrel, Kiril, Kyrell and Kyril. Other recommended sound-alike names are Airel, Arel, Avrel, Bartel, Cabell, Cace, Cacey, Cade, Cadel, Cadell, Cael▼, Caje, Cal, Cale▼, Camren, Capel, Cappel, Cardell, Carden, Carew, Carey▼, Carley, Carly, Carmel, Carney, Caron, Carr, Carrey, Carvel, Carver, Ciril, Clare▼, Clarey, Coree (see Corey), Corey▼, Cree, Cyril▼, Dael, Darel, Dariel▲, Darnel, Farrel, Gamel, Harel, Harrel, Havel, Hazel▼, Jael, Jamel▼, Jarel, Jerel, Karmel, Mardel, Markel, Marvel, Nagel, Orel, Orrel, Parnel, Pauel, Pavel, Pawel, Pazel, Rafel, Ravel, Sahel, Sorel and Tyrel. These names tend to be more frequently used than Carel.
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