Carl

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Gender Masculine
Usage German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, English
Pronounced Pron. /ˈkaʁl/(German) /ˈkɑːɭ/(Swedish) /ˈkɑːˀl/(Danish) /ˈkɑɹl/(English)

Meaning & History

German and Scandinavian variant of Karl (see Charles). Noteworthy bearers of the name include the Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), who founded modern taxonomy, the German mathematician Carl Gauss (1777-1855), who made contributions to number theory and algebra as well as physics and astronomy, and the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung (1875-1961), who founded analytical psychology. It was imported to America in the 19th century by German immigrants.