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
- A female given name, 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'".
- 1873 Mary Mapes Dodge: St. Nicholas: A Monthly Magazine for Boys and Girls page 179:
Related terms
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
- A male given name.
- 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
- 1899 The English Illustrated Magazine. MacMillan and Co.Item notes V.21, page 295:
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