Carlyle

Carl around the world

• Карл · Russian
• Карл · Ukrainian
• Καρλ · Greek
• كارل · Arabic
• קרל · Hebrew
• कार्ल · Hindi
• カール/カレル · Japanese
• 卡尔 · Chinese
• Carles · Catalan
• Carolus · medieval Latin

Famous Carls

• Carl Friedrich Gauss · German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
• Carl Sagan · American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
• Carl von Clausewitz · German-Prussian general and military theorist (1780–1831)
• Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden · King of Sweden since 1973

Where Carlyles end up

Among notable men who are footballers, Carlyles show up 1.2× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.

Notable people born 1940–2005 in the US, UK, Canada and Australia (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.

Other spellings

1 in 202 Carls spell it Carlyle

• Carl 74%
• Karl 20%
• Carroll 5%
• Carlyle <1%
• Carle <1%
• Carrell <1%
• Carel <1%
• Karell <1%
• Carrel <1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1950)

• Thomas
• Gary
• Stephen
• Dennis
• Lawrence
• Allen