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What does Carlson mean?

Carlson Pronunciation of Carlson as a boys' name has its roots in Scandinavian and Old English, and the name Carlson means "son of Carl; free peasant settlement". Carlson is an alternate form of Carlsen (Scandinavian). Carlson is also a variant of Carlton (Old English): place name and surname.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Car-, -son

ASSOCIATED WITH scandinavian, old english, peasant (farmer)

Variations

VARIANTS Karlsson, Karlssen, Karlson, Karlsen, Carlsson, Carlssen

RELATED FORMS VIA CARLSEN, CARLTON Carleton, Carston, Charlton

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Carlson Kain (C.K.), ..

How popular is Carlson?

Carlson is an unusual first name for men but a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#225 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Which version is better?

Carleton, Carlton and Charlton are the popular alternative forms of Carlson (OUTSIDE TOP 2000). Adoption of these relations of Carlson reached its apex 88 years ago (ADOPTION OF 0.1%), but now, the form Carlton has fallen out of fashion. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Carleton, Carlton, Charlton in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Carlson and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Cardon, Carlin, Carlisle, Carlo, Carlos, Carlow, Caron, Carrlos, Carsan, Carsen, Carson, Cason, Charleson, Charleston, Charls, Colson, Coulson, Earlston, Earlton, Garson, Karlton, Karson, Larson, Larsson, Marlon, Parson and Paulson. These names tend to be more frequently used than Carlson.

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