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 from the Germanic languages, 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 (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 (Karóla)
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• Russian: Кэ́рол f (Kɛ́rol)

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 from the Germanic languages.
   • 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, Claro, Clora, Coral, claro, coral

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English Carol, shortened from Caroline.

Proper noun

Carol

1. a female given name from the Germanic languages