Carol
Carol and Carole in English - French form, Welsh Caryl or Carolyn, Italian Carola, German Karola, is a female, rarely male first name . Caroll is another variant.
Word origin
This name is in proximity to Carolus, German Karl / Karla , the free, Hero '(cf. guy ), the Romanesque-English form but in meaning, beloved (r)' interpreted to English carol , round dance, Freu Dens song religious ballad '(as in the story A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens) old French carole, Italian carola, middle Latin choraula, Greek χοραυλής ( choravles, flutist accompanying the choir), to χορός ( choros, ' dance , chorus ') with αυλός ( avlos , ' Flute ').
variants
Short forms (all also for Karla and Carolin )
- C / diamond, C / diamond
- Carrie
Mixed forms, amalgamation of names:
Well-known namesake
A name
- Carol I (actually Karl Eitel Friedrich Zephyrinus Ludwig von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, 1839–1914), Prince and King of Romania, see Karl I (Romania)
- Carol II, von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1893–1953), King of Romania from 1930 to 1940, see Karl II. (Romania)
Carol (e), first or intermediate name
- Female
- Carole Alston (* 1957), American jazz singer and actress
- Carole Bissig (* 1996), Swiss ski racer
- Carol Bolt (1941-2000), Canadian playwright
- Carole Bouquet (born 1957), French actress
- Carol Cady (* 1962), American athlete
- Carole Caldwell Graebner (1943–2008), American tennis player
- Carole da Silva Costa (* 1990), Portuguese soccer player
- Carole Dieschbourg (* 1977), Luxembourg politician (déi gréng) and entrepreneur
- Carol Douglas (* 1948), American soul and disco singer
- Carol Drinkwater (born 1948), British actress and author
- Carole FitzPatrick (* 1959), American soprano singer
- Carola Höhn (actress) (1910-2005), German actress
- Carola Höhn (singer) (* 1961), German singer
- Carole King (actually Carol Klein , * 1942), American rock / pop musician
- Carole Landis (1919–1948), American actress
- Carole Laure (* 1948), Canadian actress, singer, screenwriter, film director and film producer
- Carole Lombard (1908–1942), American actress.
- Carol Lo Tempio (* 1936), American singer, see April Stevens
- Carole Merle (* 1964), French ski racer
- Carole Montillet-Carles (* 1973), French ski racer
- Joyce Carol Oates (* 1938), American writer
- Carole Pateman (* 1940), British-American political scientist
- Carole Piguet (* 1962), Swiss actress
- Carole Quinton (born 1936), British athlete
- Carol Rama (1918–2015), Italian painter
- Carol Rubin (1945–2001), American film producer
- Carole Sergent (* 1962), French jazz singer
- Carol Shields (1935–2003), Canadian writer
- Carole Simpson (≈1930–2012), American pop and jazz musician
- Carole Terry (* 1948), American organist, harpsichordist and music teacher
- Carole Thate (* 1971), Dutch field hockey player
- Carole Toïgo (* 1971), French ski mountaineer
- Carol Twombly (* 1959), American graphic designer
- Carol Windley (* 1947), Canadian writer
- Aileen Carol Wuornos (1956–2002), American prostitute and serial killer
- male
- Carol Reed (1906–1976), British film director and producer
Carola
- Carola Braunbock (1924–1978), German actress
- Carola Calello (* 1977), Argentine ski racer
- Carola Dertnig (* 1963), Austrian artist and professor
- Carola Ferstl (* 1968), German television presenter and non-fiction author
- Carola Häggkvist (* 1966), Swedish pop and gospel singer
- Carola Neher (1900–1942), German actress
- Carola Rackete (* 1988), German captain and sea rescuer
- Carola Reimann (* 1967), German politician (SPD)
- Carola Regnier (1943–2011), German actress, diseuse and dancer
- Carola Standertskjöld (1941–1997), Finnish jazz and pop singer
- Carola Stern (1925–2006), German publicist and journalist
- Carola von Wasa-Holstein-Gottorp (1833–1907), Queen of Saxony
- Carola Williams , née Althoff (1903–1987), German circus director
Caryl
female and male
- Caryl Chessman (1921–1960), Americans sentenced to death for robbery and rape
- Caryl Churchill (born 1938), British playwright
- Caryl Férey (* 1967), French writer who mainly writes detective novels
- Caryl Neuenschwander (* 1984), Swiss ice hockey player
- Caryl Rivers (* 1937), American writer and journalist
Karola
- Karola Obermüller (* 1977), German composer
- Karola Hattop (* 1949), German film director
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. en: wikt: carol