Meaning of the nameCarol

Carol is a feminine name, a hypocoristic of Carolina, which is the feminine form of Carolus/Carlos, from Germanic karl.

Meaning

“short form of Carolina, feminine of Carlos; from Germanic karl, "man"”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Carol · Behind the Name: Carolina · Behind the Name: Charles

People (2022): 21,024
Rank in Brazil: #1,028
Median age: 22 years
2010 Census: 23,448; people

Carol in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Carol, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (7,525 people).

20,769 women 255 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Carol is most common

States with the highest share of people named Carol in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Bahia 0.017%
Amazonas 0.017%
Rio de Janeiro 0.015%
Pará 0.014%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.011%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	4,649	0.011%
Rio de Janeiro	2,433	0.015%
Bahia	2,365	0.017%
Minas Gerais	1,381	0.007%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,202	0.011%
Pará	1,122	0.014%
Paraná	870	0.008%
Santa Catarina	832	0.011%
Ceará	815	0.009%
Pernambuco	699	0.008%
Amazonas	651	0.017%
Goiás	610	0.009%
Maranhão	592	0.009%
Espírito Santo	384	0.010%
Mato Grosso	320	0.009%
Distrito Federal	283	0.010%
Mato Grosso do Sul	254	0.009%
Alagoas	231	0.007%
Piauí	201	0.006%
Sergipe	201	0.009%
Rio Grande do Norte	193	0.006%
Paraíba	190	0.005%
Rondônia	156	0.010%
Tocantins	117	0.008%
Acre	96	0.012%
Roraima	95	0.015%
Amapá	82	0.011%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Carol

According to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, Carol is a hypocoristic of Carolina. Behind the Name says that Carolina is the Latin feminine form of Carolus, the Latin form of Charles, which comes from Proto-Germanic karlaz, "man"; the same entry records the alternative hypothesis of the element harjaz, "army". The meaning is therefore that of the base name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 21,024 people named Carol, with a median age of 22. Almost all were born from the 1980s on, with the most records in the 1990s and 2000s; proportionally, the name is most common in Bahia, and it is almost always female. Karol appears as a spelling variant.

Spelling with C, the most common in the group, which follows that of Carolina.

Other spellings of Carol

Spelling	People (2022)
Carol	21,024
Karol	5,995

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Carol · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Behind the Name: Carolina · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Charles · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Karol · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Carol

What does the name Carol mean?

Carol means “short form of Carolina, feminine of Carlos; from Germanic karl, "man"”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Carol in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 21,024 people with the first name Carol, which ranks it number 1,028 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Carol a boy's or a girl's name?

Carol is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 20,769 women and 255 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Carol?

Carol is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Carol most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.017% of the state's population is named Carol (2,365 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Carol?

Karol. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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