Károly
| Gender | masculine |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Hungarian |
| Name day | January 28, November 4 |
| Other gender | |
| Feminine | Karola, Karolina |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Germanic |
| Meaning | Free man |
| Other names | |
| Nickname(s) | Karcsi |
| Cognate(s) | Carolus |
| Anglicisation(s) | Charles |
Template:Charles Károly is a very common Hungarian male given name. It is also sometimes found as a Hungarian surname. The origin of this name is the Turkic Karul, which means hawk. Nowadays Károly is considered the equivalent of English Karl or Charles (because the Latin Carolus is very close to Károly).[1]
Given names
- Károly Aggházy (1855–1918) piano virtuoso and composer
- Károly Andrássy (1792–1845) politician
- Károly Bajkó (1944–1997) wrestler
- Károly Balzsay (born 1979) professional boxer
- Károly Bartha (1884 –1964) military officer and politician
- Károly József Batthyány (1697-1772) general and field marshal
- Károly Binder (born 1956) jazz pianist, composer and educator
- Károly Brocky (1808–1855) painter
- Károly Doncsecz (1918-2002) potter
- Károly Ecser (1931-2005) weightlifter
- Károly Eperjes (born 1954) actor
- Károly Ferencz (1913-1984) westler
- Károly Ferenczy (1862-1917) painter
- Károly Frenreisz (born 1946) singer and songwriter
- Károly Gesztesi (1963-2020) actor
- Károly Grósz (1930-1996) politician
- Károly Hieronymi (1836–1911) engineer and politician
- Károly Horváth (born 1947) known as Charlie, singer
- Károly Kárpáti (1906–1996) Olympic wrestling
- Károly Kerkapoly (1824-1891) politician
- Károly Kernstok (1873–1940) painter
- Károly Kisfaludy (1788–1830) dramatist and artist
- Károly Knezić (1808-1849) general
- Károly Kós (1883–1977) architect, writer, illustrator, ethnologist and politician
- Károly Leiningen-Westerburg (1819–1849) general
- Károly Lotz (1833–1904) painter
- Károly Makk (1925–2017) film director and screenwriter
- Károly Markó (1793–1860) painter
- Károly Reich (1922–1988) artist
- Károly Sándor (1928–2014) footballer
- Károly Simonyi (1916-2001) physicist, father of Charles Simonyi
- Károly Szabó (1916-1964) assistant of Raoul Wallenberg
- Károly Takács (1910-1976) Olympic sport shooter
- Károly Tamkó Sirató (1905–1980) poet, art theorist, and translator
- Károly Tersztyánszky (1854–1921) general
- Károly Than (1834–1908) chemist
- Károly Vécsey (1803–1849) general
- Károly Zipernowsky (1853–1942) engineer
- Charles I of Hungary (1288-1342)
- Charles III of Naples (1345–1386)
Surnames
This name has alternate spellings: Karoly, Károly, or Károlyi.
- David Karoly (b. 1955) Australian atmospheric scientist
- Jenő Károly (1886-1926) Hungarian footballer
- Alexander Károlyi (1668–1743) Hungarian Count, landowner, diplomat
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Károly
- All pages with titles containing Károly
- Karol (name)
- Karola
- Karolj
- Karolyn
References
- ^ Fercsik Erzsébet – Raátz Judit: Keresztnevek enciklopédiája – Budapest 2009, ISBN 9789639902183
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