German and Scandinavian form of CHARLES. This was the name of seven emperors of the Holy Roman Empire and an emperor of Austria, as well as kings of Sweden and Norway. Other famous bearers include Karl Marx (1818-1883), the German philosopher and revolutionary who laid the foundations for communism, and Karl Jaspers (1883-1969), a German existentialist philosopher.
Usage: Ancient Germanic, Danish, English, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Swedish
Name day: January 28th: Estonia, Sweden November 4th: Germany
Famous People: Karl Marxwiki (Economist, 1818, Germany), Karl Benzwiki (Inventor, 1844, Germany), Karl Popperwiki (Philosopher, 1902, Austria), Karl Ferdinand Braunwiki (Inventor, 1850, Germany), Karl Adolph Gjellerupwiki (Writer, 1857, Denmark), Karl Dönitzwiki (Politician, 1891, Germany), Karl Jasperswiki (Philosopher, 1883, Germany), Karl Landsteinerwiki (Biologist, 1868, Austria), Karl Manne Georg Siegbahnwiki (Physicist, 1886, Sweden), Karl Weierstrasswiki (Mathematician, 1815, Germany)