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Type Surname
Usage Jewish (Ashkenazi), Polish, Rusyn, Slovak
Scripts קרול(Hebrew)
Pronounced Pron. /kɛ́ː-ˈɹoʊɫ/(Jewish (Ashkenazi)) /ka-rol/(Polish) /ka-ˈɹoʊɫ/(Slovak) [key·simplify]
Other Forms FormsKarl, Karon, Kajol, Karoly, Daryl
Meaning & History
Polish, Slovak Rusyn, Slovak: from the personal name Karol, Polish and Slovak equivalent of Charles.Jewish: possibly a shortened form of some original Ashkenazic surname, as for example Karolinski, a habitational name for someone from the town of Karolin, in Poland and Belarus.