| ![Show Contents]() Karl History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Etymology of KarlWhat does the name Karl mean? The annals of Scottish history reveal that Karl was first used as a name by descendants of the Pictish tribe of ancient Scotland. The Karl family lived in Aberdeen (part of the modern Grampian region), where the name can be found since very early times. Early Origins of the Karl familyThe surname Karl was first found in Aberdeenshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain), a historic county, and present day Council Area of Aberdeen, located in the Grampian region of northeastern Scotland, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say before the Conquest in 1066. Early History of the Karl familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Karl research. Another 118 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1493, 1575, 1592, 1619, 1633, 1638, 1647, 1675, 1747 and 1798 are included under the topic Early Karl History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Karl Spelling VariationsDuring the Middle Ages, there was no basic set of rules and scribes wrote according to sound. The correct spelling of Scottish names were further compromised after many haphazard translations from Gaelic to English and back. Spelling variations of the name Karl include Carle, Carley, Carlley, Carrley, Carlie, Carleigh, Carlea, Carlee, Carrlie, Carlies, Carleys, Carleas, Carlay, Carley, Carrlay, Carrley, Carrleys, Karley and many more. Early Notables of the Karl familyNotable amongst the Clan at this time was Hippolitus Curle (1592-1638), Scottish Jesuit, son of Gilbert Curle, Secretary to Mary Queen of Scots, by his wife, Barbara Mowbray. "He studied in the Scotch seminary at Douay, and entered the Society of Jesus at Tournai. During the second year of his noviceship his aunt, Elizabeth Curle, died at Antwerp (29 March 1619), leaving him sixty thousand florins. The bulk of this fortune he devoted to the use of the seminary at Douay, of which he is...
Another 84 words (6 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Karl Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Karl RankingIn the United States, the name Karl is the 5,123rd most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1 Migration of the Karl family to IrelandSome of the Karl family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. More information about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Karl migration to the United States | + |
Scots left their country by the thousands to travel to Australia and North America. Desperate for freedom and an opportunity to fend for themselves, many paid huge fees and suffered under terrible conditions on long voyages. Still, for those who made the trip, freedom and opportunity awaited. In North America, many fought their old English oppressors in the American War of Independence. In recent years, Scottish heritage has been an increasingly important topic, as Clan societies and other organizations have renewed people's interest in their history. An examination of passenger and immigration lists shows many early settlers bearing the name of Karl:
Karl Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Johan Adam Karl, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1749 2
- Wilhelm Karl, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1749 2
- Casper Karl, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1750 2
- Michael Karl, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1760 2
- Jacob Karl, who was naturalized in Pennsylvania in 1765
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Karl Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Henry Karl, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1801 2
- Johanna Karl, who arrived in America in 1839 2
- Christian Karl, who landed in America in 1844 2
- Ursula Karl, who immigrated to New York in 1847
- Christoph Karl, who arrived in America in 1848 2
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Karl Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- Ehard Karl, who arrived in Mobile, Ala in 1902 2
| Karl migration to Canada | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Karl Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century- Leonard Karl, who was counted in the 1871 census in Ontario
| Contemporary Notables of the name Karl (post 1700) | + |
- George Matthew Karl (b. 1951), American former National Basketball Association (NBA) and American Basketball Association (ABA) player
- Coby Joseph Karl (b. 1983), American professional basketball player
- Scott Karl (b. 1971), American Major League Baseball player
- Andy Karl (b. 1914), American professional Major League Baseball player
- Frederick Robert Karl, American literary scholar
- Frederick B. Karl, American politician, Justice of Florida State Supreme Court, 1977-78 3
- Benjamin Martin Karl (b. 1985), Austrian snowboarder with seven World Cup victories and one FIS World Ski Championships Victory
- Wilhelm Karl Grimm (1786-1859), German academics, philologists, cultural researchers, lexicographers, and authors, one half of the Brothers Grimm, the famous authors of "Grimm's Fairy Tales"
- Steven Karl Pifer (b. 1953), American politician, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine (1998-2000), senior fellow at the Brookings Institution's Center on the United States and Europe 4
- Friedrich Karl Dörner (1911-1992), German archaeologist and epigrapher
| Historic Events for the Karl family | + |
Air New Zealand Flight 901 - Miss Kathleen Florence Karl (1918-1979), New Zealander passenger, from Ellerslie, Auckland, New Zealand aboard the Air New Zealand Flight 901 for an Antarctic sightseeing flight when it flew into Mount Erebus; she died in the crash 5
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 6) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 4) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
- Mount Erebus, Memorial, Roll of Remembrance (Retrieved 2018, February 21st). Retrieved from http://www.erebus.co.nz/memorialandawards/rollofremembrance.aspx
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