Carol

English, feminine variation of Charles

"free man"

Carol Origin and Meaning

The name Carol is a girl's name of English origin meaning "free man".

A Caroline abbreviation that was wildly popular with Mom's generation...or Grandma's. At one time it was a name for baby girls born at Christmas. because of its association with Christmas carols.

Carol began to get popular at the end of the nineteenth century, but its high point was the late 1930s and 1940s, when it was a Top 10 name, reaching as high as Number 4 in 1941.

Carol Rank in US Top 1000

# 972 in the US

Carol Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1063 on Nameberry

Carol Popularity

• 1063 Nameberry 2024
• 893 Unique 2020

20 Names Similar to Carol

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Famous People Named Carol

• Carol Elaine Channing American actress and singer
• Carol Creighton Burnett American actress/comedienne
• Carol Ryrie Brink American novelist
• Carol Lynley American actress
• Carol McGiffin English broadcaster of radio and television
• Carol Vorderman British media personality
• Carol Ann Shields American,Canadian novelist
• Carolyn Widney "Carol" Greider American biologist, winner of the Nobel Prize
• Carol Jane Thatcher English journalist, daughter of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
• Carol Wayne American actress
• Carol LeGrant Lewis American Olympic long jumper
• Carol Harrison English actress
• Carol Higgins Clark American mystery novelist, daughter of novelist Mary Higgins Clark
• Carol Ann Duffy Scottish poet, First woman poet laureate in the UK
• Carol Shepp McCain American model and White House event planner
• Carol Gracias Indian model

Carol in Pop Culture

• Carol Brady mom on TV's "The Brady Bunch"
• Carol Ferris character in The Green Lantern comics
• Carol Peletier character on TV's "The Walking Dead"
• Carol Lockwood character on TV's "The Vampire Diaries"
• Carol Danvers a.k.a. Ms. Marvel Marvel Comics character
• Carol Anne Seaver character on TV's "Growing Pains"
• Carol Anne Freeling character in the "Poltergeist" film series
• Carol Marcus character on TV's "Star Trek"
• Carol Russell character on TV's "American Gothic"
• Carol Ann Jackson character on British soap "EastEnders"
• Carol Willick character on TV's "Friends"
• Carol Hathaway Ross character on TV's "ER"
• Carol Pewterschmidt West character on TV's "Family Guy"
• Carol Aird main character in the novel "A Price of Salt"/"Carol", by Patricia Highsmith, and it's 2015 film adaptation, "Carol", played by Cate Blanchett
• Carol McCardy character on TV's "Mad Men"
• Carol Stills character on TV's "The Office"
• Carol Baldwin character on British soap "Coronation Street"
• Carol character on TV's "The Tomorrow People"
• "Carol " song by Chuck Berry
• "Oh! Carol " song by Neil Sedaka
• Carol's Daughter company for natural haircare and beauty products
• Carol Bernaola (b. 1976) Playboy Magazine's Playmate of the Month for January 2000 Twin sister of Darlene Bernaola
• Carol Freeman character, Captain on the upcoming animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks
• Carol character in the manga/anime series "The Promised Neverland"