Carl (family name)
Carl is a German family name .
Origin and meaning
Carl was derived from the Old High German "karal" and means "man" , "husband" . Also “the free” , “the able” . The surname is a derivation of the first name Karl . For variants see ibid.
Name bearer
- Adolf Carl (1814–1845), German painter
- Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen (1863–1945), Danish sculptor
- August Carl (1800–1831), German lawyer and politician
- Axel Carl (* 1960), German physicist
- Carl Carl (1787–1854), Austrian actor
- Dorothea Carl (* 1962), German director
- Eberhard Carl (* 1965), German soccer player
- Erich Carl (* 1949), German author and publisher
- Ernst Ludwig Carl (1682–1742), German politician
- Georg Carl (1870–1920), German actor
- Georg Wilhelm Carl (1770–1826), German lawyer and politician, mayor of Hanau
- Hanns Carl ( Johann Carl ; 1587–1665), German engineer, architect and builder
- Hans Carl (1899 – after 1957), German soccer player and coach
- Heinrich Conrad Carl (1795–1867), German entrepreneur and politician
- Henriette Carl (1805–1890), German singer
- Hildegund Fischle-Carl (* 1920), German psychoanalyst and publicist
- Horst Carl (* 1959), German historian
- Johann Baptist Peter von Carl (1761–1847), German politician, mayor of Augsburg
- Johann Samuel Carl (1676–1757), German physician
- Johannes Carl (1806–1887), German theologian
- Jolina Carl (* 1970), German singer
- Joseph Anton Carl (1725–1799), German chemist
- Karl Carl (1830–1898), German trumpeter
- Karl-Heinz Carl (1927–2012), German State Secretary
- Kaspar de Carl ab Hohenbalken (1781–1859), Swiss clergyman, bishop of Chur
- Katharine Carl (1865–1938), American painter
- Konrad Carl (* 1930), German trade unionist
- Matthäus Carl († 1609), German goldsmith
- Mike Carl , German television presenter
- Patrick Carl (1791–1810), German politician, mayor of Kassel
- Peter Carl (master builder) (1541–1617), German master builder
- Peter Carl (croupier) ( Pedro ; * ~ 1955), German croupier, middleman in the KGB hack
- Philipp Carl (1837-1891), German astronomer
- Reinhold Carl (1864–1929), German painter and sculptor
- Robert Carl (composer, 1902) (1902–1987), German composer and conductor
- Robert Carl (composer, 1954) (born 1954), American composer
- Rudolf Carl (1899–1987), Austrian actor and comedian
- Rüdiger Carl (* 1944), German jazz musician
- Siegfried Carl , pseudonym of Rüdiger Krüger (* 1951), German writer
- Steve Carl , American rockabilly musician
- Verena Carl (* 1969), German writer
- Victoria Carl (* 1995), German cross-country skier
- Wilhelm Carl-Mardorf (1890–1970), German teacher, local poet and nature photographer
- William C. Carl (1865–1936), American organist and music teacher
- Wolfgang Carl (* 1941), German philosopher
See also
Web links
Wiktionary: Karl - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
