Carol

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Proper noun 1.2.1.1 Related terms 1.2.1.2 Quotations 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Proper noun 1.3.1.1 See also 1.3.1.2 Quotations 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ærəl

[edit] Etymology 1

Shortened from Caroline. Associated by folk etymology with the English noun carol.

[edit] Proper noun

Singular Carol

Plural -

Carol

1. A female given name, popular in the middle of the 20th century.

[edit] Related terms

• Carole

[edit] Quotations

• 1873 Mary Mapes Dodge: St. Nicholas: A Monthly Magazine for Boys and Girls page 179:

  Carol is fifteen years old and I'm sixteen. Her name is really Caroline, but she hates it and wants to be called Carol - it's so much prettier.

• 2006 Joyce Winters: Let Your Light Shine ISBN 160034593X page 209:

  "Holly, would you mind if I named my little girl 'Holly'? I mean, it's right around Christmas time, and I always think of holly with Christmas. I like the name Carol, too, like Christmas carol. I heard once that the name Carol means 'song of joy'".

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[edit] Etymology 2

Shortened from Latin Carolus; also an Anglicization of Romanian Carol , or Polish or Slovak Karol, all cognates of the English Charles.

[edit] Proper noun

Singular Carol

Plural -

Carol

1. A male given name.

[edit] See also

• Carrol
• Carroll

[edit] Quotations

• 1899 The English Illustrated Magazine. MacMillan and Co.Item notes V.21, page 295:

  This table shows the curious fact that little Prince Carol of Roumania (who is at once the great-grandson and the third cousin of Queen Victoria) has a better hereditary right to the British Throne than Her Majesty.

• 1933 Eleanor Farjeon: Over the Garden Wall: Boys' Names:

  What splendid names for boys there are!

  There's Carol like a rolling car

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aclor
• Carlo
• coral, Coral