Carlo
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning free man; Italian form of Charles.
How Carlo has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2024 | #914 |
| 2025 | #869 |
Carlo by the numbers
In 2025, 27 babies in England and Wales were named Carlo. In the US, 147 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 230 babies in 1974, making it a 1970s name.
Names that come from Carlo
Forms of Carlo in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Other names that come from Charles
Like Carlo, each of these traces back to Charles: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Charlottefree woman; feminine form of Charles12,900 in the US (2017)
- Carolinefree woman; feminine form of Charles4,270 in the US (2017)
- Charleyfree man; a form of Charles703 in the US (2017)
- Charleighfree man; a form of Charles667 in the US (2017)
- Charlifree man; a form of Charles526 in the US (2017)
- Charlizefree man; a form of Charles185 in the US (2017)
- Charlenefree person; a form of Charles152 in the US (2017)
- Carleyfree man; a form of Carl or Charles146 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Carlo. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Carlosfree man; a form of Charles3,058 in the US (2017)
- Carlfree man; a form of Charles411 in the US (2017)
- Cario6 in the US (2017)
- Carsonson of the marsh-dweller4,910 in the US (2017)
- Cairothe victorious; from al-Qahira; place name used as given name93 in England and Wales (2025)
- Carmelovineyard or garden of God308 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Carlo
Names that are said the same way as Carlo, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Karlovariant of Carlo; free man8 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean freedom
Like Carlo, each of these has freedom in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Charlesfree man7,142 in the US (2017)
- Maverickindependent, unbranded4,737 in the US (2017)
- Charliefree man1,679 in England and Wales (2025)
- Franciscofree man, frenchman; from Franciscus1,398 in the US (2017)
- Frankiefree man; a form of Frank887 in England and Wales (2025)
- Frankfree man272 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Carlo
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