Carl (name)

For persons with this and similar names, see Carl (disambiguation), Karl (disambiguation), and Charles.

Carl

Pronunciation	Carl
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Old Norse
Other names
Related names	many, see text

Carl is a popular variant of the name Charles (see there). The name originates from the old Scandinavian languages and is still one of the most popular names in Sweden. The name has status as a Royal name in Sweden and the first name of the current Sweden's King.

List of people named Carl

Royalty

• Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, the current Swedish monarch
• Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, Prince of Sweden
• Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland

(other Swedish and Norwegian royalty so named are listed on English Wikipedia as Charles)

Carl as a family name

• Christian Thomsen Carl (1676-1713), Danish navy officer. Middle name also given as Thomasen, Thomesen, Thomasen, or Thomesen.

Carl as a given name

• Carl Ballantine (1917-2009), American actor
• Carl Barks
• Carl Crawford
• Carl Barat
• Carl Bildt
• Carl L. Boeckmann
• Carl Brashear, U.S. Navy Master Diver
• Carl Edwards Genius
• Carl Edwards
• Carl Fogarty
• Carl Froch
• Carl-Peter Forster
• Carl Friedrich Gauss
• Carl Grubert
• Carl Gunnarsson, Swedish hockey player
• Carl August Hagberg, Swedish linguist
• Carl Jenkinson, Football (soccer) player
• Carl Jung
• Carl Karcher
• Carl Kasell, American radio personality
• Carl Kennedy
• Carl Lewis
• Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné)
• Carl Marino, actor and former deputy sheriff
• Carl Menger, Austrian economist

• Carl Oliver (born 1969), Bahamian sprinter and Olympic medallist
• Carl Orff
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
• Carl Pursell, American politician
• Carl Reiner, American actor, director, and comedian
• Carl Rogers, American psychologist and psychotherapist
• Carl Sagan
• Carl Sandburg
• Carl Schueler, American race walker
• Carl Söderberg, Forward for the Boston Bruins
• Carl Heinrich Stratz, German-Russian gynecologist
• Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, American actor and singer, best known as "Alfalfa" from the Our Gang (Little Rascals) comedy shorts
• Carl Maria von Weber
• Carl Weathers
• Carl Wieland
• Carl Wilson
• Carl Yastrzemski
• Carl Zeiss
• Carl Czerny, Pianist

Fictional characters

• Carl Brutananadilewski, a character from Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
• Carl Carlson, a character from The Simpsons
• Carl Fredricksen, a character from Disney-Pixar's Up (2009 film)
• Carl "CJ" Johnson, a character in the Grand Theft Auto video game series
• Carl Grimes, a notoriously elusive character from the comic/TV series The Walking Dead.
• Carl Hamilton, a Swedish secret agent of novels by Jan Guillou.
• Carl Wheezer, a character from Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.
• Carl Winslow, a character from the TV series Family Matters
• Carl Caston, an alter ego of a the character Collin from the TV series "Welcome to Studio 54."
• Carl Clover, a playable character in the Blazblue fighting game series.

Derived surnames

• Carlsen
• Carlson
• Carlsson
• Carlton
• Karlsen
• Karlson
• Karlsson

Derived placenames

Many of these are in reference to Charlemagne. Carolina is named for Charles II of England.

• Carei/ Nagykároly / Grosskarol / Großkarl (Romania)
• Carlsbad, California (United States)
• Carlsbad, New Mexico (United States)
• Carlsbad, Texas (United States)
• Carlton (disambiguation) (England)
• Carolina, Puerto Rico
• Charlotte (United States)
• Charlton (disambiguation) (England)
• Charleville (disambiguation)
• Charleval (France)
• Karlovac (Croatia)
• Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic)
• Karlsbad (Baden) (Germany)
• Karlshamn (Sweden)
• Karlskoga (Sweden)
• Karlskrona (Sweden)
• Karlsruhe (Germany)
• Karlstad (Sweden)
• North Carolina (United States)
• South Carolina (United States)
• São Carlos (Brazil)