Caryl

Caryl: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “free man”
Origin: English
Say it: KAIR-uhl · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls (95% of all uses)

Variant of Carol/Carroll, used for both sexes in English. As a feminine form it is often associated with Carol, from Charles.

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How popular is Caryl?

20240 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Caryl in 20240

Peak year1935

Total US babies since 18806,691

Caryl was not given to enough US babies in 2024 to appear in the records.

Names like Caryl

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Caryl questions

What does the name Caryl mean?

Caryl means "free man". It comes from English. Variant of Carol/Carroll, used for both sexes in English. As a feminine form it is often associated with Carol, from Charles.

Is Caryl a boy or girl name?

Caryl is mainly a girl's name in US records (95% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Caryl?

Caryl was given to fewer than 5 babies of either sex in 2024; its peak year was 1935.

How do you pronounce Caryl?

Caryl is usually pronounced KAIR-uhl.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.