Baby name
CLASSIC
🇩🇪 🇧🇷 🇪🇸 Karlos
/KAR · los/
Meaning
“free man”
Basque and Spanish variant spelling of Carlos, from Germanic Karl meaning 'free man'; the K is characteristic of Basque orthography.
Nicknames
kari
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Strong and distinctive; the K marks Basque identity clearly.
The cultural moment.
Used in the Basque Country and Brazil; stable presence across the late 20th century.