Caryl

Where Caryl comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Caryl.

Caryl through the years
  1. 1896
    First appearance
    #1,583 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1921
    Caryl Chessman born
    American convicted robber, kidnapper, rapist and writer
  3. 1935
    Peak, #525
    150 babies named Caryl, its best rank.
  4. 1938
    Caryl Churchill born
    British dramatist
  5. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,302.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Caryl Churchill · British dramatist, born 1938
  • Caryl Chessman · American convicted robber, kidnapper, rapist and writer, 1921–1960
  • Caryl Phillips · Kittian-British writer, born 1958
  • Caryl Lincoln · American actress, 1903–1983
  • Caryl Parry Jones · Welsh singer and writer, born 1958

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.