Karlo
Male#46 most common in Croatia14,833 people in Croatia
- Meaning:
- Free man
- Origin:
- Germanic
About the name Karlo
The Croatian form of Charles, from a Germanic root meaning 'free man'. It recalls Charlemagne and has become fashionable in modern Croatia.
Name day and nicknames
- Name day:
- November 4 (sv. Karlo Boromejski)
Popularity with newborns
- Boys · 2025 · 231 births · #21 that year
Positions come from the annual top 50 published for each sex. A gap in the line means the name finished below 50th that year, not that no child was given it.
People with this name in Croatia
14,833 people in Croatia are called Karlo, according to the 2021 census. That is #46 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Karlo is recorded in every Croatian county.
Notable people called Karlo
- Charlemagne — Medieval emperor (Charles the Great)
- Charles Darwin — English naturalist, theory of evolution
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.