Károly is a common
Hungarian male
given name. It is also sometimes found as a Hungarian
surname. The origin of this name is the
Turkic Karul, which means
hawk. Nowadays Károly is considered the equivalent of English Karl or
Charles (because the
Latin Carolus is very close to Károly).[1]
Given names
Charles I of Hungary (1288–1342), in Hungarian Károly Róbert, King of Hungary and Croatia
Károly Aggházy (1855–1918), Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer
^Fercsik Erzsébet – Raátz Judit: Keresztnevek enciklopédiája – Budapest 2009,
ISBN9789639902183
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Károly is a common
Hungarian male
given name. It is also sometimes found as a Hungarian
surname. The origin of this name is the
Turkic Karul, which means
hawk. Nowadays Károly is considered the equivalent of English Karl or
Charles (because the
Latin Carolus is very close to Károly).[1]
Given names
Charles I of Hungary (1288–1342), in Hungarian Károly Róbert, King of Hungary and Croatia
Károly Aggházy (1855–1918), Hungarian piano virtuoso and composer
^Fercsik Erzsébet – Raátz Judit: Keresztnevek enciklopédiája – Budapest 2009,
ISBN9789639902183
Name list
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name or the same
family name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.