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What does Carlos mean?
Carlos 
as a boys' name is pronounced KAR-lohs. It is of Spanish and Old German origin, and the meaning of Carlos is "free man". Variant of Charles. See also Carl. Film directors Carlos Saura, and Carl Ponti.
STARTS WITH Car-
Variations
VARIANTS Carlito, Carlo, Carrlos
RELATIONS VIA CARL, CHARLES Carel, Carl▼, Carrol▼, Carroll▼, Cary▼, Caryl, Charley▼, Charlie▼, Charlot, Charls, Charlton, Charly, Karl▼, Karol
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Carlos Zackary (C.Z.), ..
How popular is Carlos?
Carlos is a very popular first name for men (#81 out of 1220, Top 7%) and also a very popular surname for all people (#2718 out of 150436, Top 2%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Carlos reached its apex position of #59 in the U.S. in the year 2001, and is at #137 presently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Charles (#52 FROM RECENT DATA), Charlie (#218), Carl (#700), Carlo (#1209), Karl (#1288), Charley (#1622), Carlito, Carrol, Carroll, Cary, Caryl, Charls, Charlton, Charly and Karol are the prominent alternative forms of Carlos (#137). Other forms, like Carel, are uncommon. Usage of these relations of Carlos was common during 1880-1889 (ADOPTION OF 5.7%) and has become much lower since (ADOPTION 0.7%, DOWN 88.4%).
Similar Names
Carlos is pronounced similarly to Corless, Corliss and Karlos. Other recommended sound-alike names are Barlow, Cadmos (see Cadmus), Callis, Callys, Cardon, Carley, Carlin, Carlisle, Carlow, Carlowe (see Carlow), Carlsen, Carlson, Carlssen (see Carlsen), Carlsson, Carlton▼, Carly, Carolus, Caron, Carson▲, Farlow, Harlo, Harloe, Harlow, Karlo, Marcos, Markos, Marloe, Marlon, Marlow, Pablos and Paulos. These names tend to be less frequently used than Carlos.
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