Carol

See also carol

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ærəl

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Carol

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

Related terms

• Carole

Translations

female name

French: Carole (fr)

Greek: Καρόλα (el)

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

Carol

1. A male given name.
   • 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

See also

• Carrol
• Carroll

Anagrams

• Carlo
• coral, Coral