Karol

Where Karol comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Karol.

Karol through the years
  1. 1882
    Karol Szymanowski born
    Polish composer
  2. 1918
    First appearance
    #4,809 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1931
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  4. 1944
    Peak, #492
    214 babies named Karol, its best rank.
  5. 1970
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,168.
  6. 1983
    Karol Nawrocki born
    Polish politician and historian, President of the Republic of Poland since 2025
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Karol Nawrocki · Polish politician and historian, President of the Republic of Poland since 2025, born 1983
  • Karol Szymanowski · Polish composer, 1882–1937
  • Karol Linetty · Polish footballer, born 1995
  • Karol Dobiaš · Slovak football player and coach, born 1947
  • Karol Świderski · Polish association football player, born 1997

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.