Lithuanian use
Source-reporteda male given name, equivalent to English Charles
Source for this definition
- Karolis — Lithuanian definition (English Wiktionary via Kaikki)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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Karolis
A given name in English, Spanish and 3 more
Language contexts for this entry: English, Spanish, Danish and 2 more
masculineLatin script
[²ˈkɑːroːlʲɪs] · Lithuanian
- Origin
- Not established
- Follow the evidence
- 6 cited sources Source-reported
01 / Meaning & origin
About Karolis
Karolis is a masculine given name documented in English, Spanish, Danish and 2 other languages.
Dictionary descriptions
These definitions describe particular language uses. They are separate from literal name meanings.
02 / Across borders
Where Karolis is used
Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.
The name atlas
Across borders
15
countries in our sources
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4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
Selected country
United States
Statistics + language records
United States, 2006: 5 boys (rank 12055). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
Popularity over time
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
Norway
1945–2025 Spelling: Karolis
Recorded category boys
- Latest · 2013
- 4
- births
- Rank #523
- Peak year
- 1990
- 20 births
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
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| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1956 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1957 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1961 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1962 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1963 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1964 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1965 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1966 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1967 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1970 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1971 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1972 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1973 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1974 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1975 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1977 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1978 | 4 | 597 | observed |
| 1979 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1980 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1981 | 5 | 575 | observed |
| 1982 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1983 | 8 | 458 | observed |
| 1984 | 5 | 571 | observed |
| 1985 | 12 | 363 | observed |
| 1986 | 14 | 325 | observed |
| 1987 | 18 | 268 | observed |
| 1988 | 13 | 340 | observed |
| 1989 | 13 | 343 | observed |
| 1990 | 20 | 254 | observed |
| 1991 | 19 | 270 | observed |
| 1992 | 7 | 444 | observed |
| 1993 | 14 | 305 | observed |
| 1994 | 18 | 268 | observed |
| 1995 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | 10 | 356 | observed |
| 1997 | 4 | 549 | observed |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | 4 | 537 | observed |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | 7 | 445 | observed |
| 2010 | 4 | 530 | observed |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | 4 | 523 | observed |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
About this dataset and its counting rules
Statistics count the spelling “Karolis” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
- Universe
- Born persons for the individual girls' and boys' names published in SSB table 10467.
- Rounding
- Published integer counts retained without rounding.
- Suppression
- SSB API: '.' means category not applicable; '..' means data not available. Null cells are not emitted and remain unknown, never zero.
- Ranking
- computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
History
No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.
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06 / Behind the facts
Sources for this page
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.
Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6
- Wikidata Q16186126CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Wiktionary: KarolisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Greek Wiktionary: KarolisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Karolis — Lithuanian definition (English Wiktionary via Kaikki)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Polish Wiktionary: KarolisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Turkish Wiktionary: KarolisCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates5
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ireland — babies' first names with three or more occurrences, 1964–2025
Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.