Karel

Where Karel comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Karel.

Karel through the years
  1. 1890
    Karel Čapek born
    Czech writer
  2. 1932
    First appearance
    #4,411 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1939
    Peak, #838
    69 babies named Karel, the most in any year.
  4. 1941
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,335.
  5. 1972
    Karel Poborský born
    Czech footballer
  6. 2008
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Karel Čapek · Czech writer, 1890–1938
  • Karel Poborský · Czech footballer, born 1972
  • Karel Gott · Czech singer and actor, 1939–2019
  • Karel Appel · Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet, 1921–2006
  • Karel Schwarzenberg · Czech politician, minister of foreign affairs and vice prime minister, 1937–2023

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.