Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings Czechoslovakian : Man; Carl's town Boy name variations Karel Karel + 160% this year Neutral Rare Find out more Karlicek Karlicek 0 % this year Masculine Rare Find out more Karlousek Karlousek 0 % this year Masculine Rare Find out more Karol Karol + 13% this year Neutral Rare Find out more Karoly Karoly 0 % this year Masculine Rare Find out more Family name origins & meanings Czech (Karlík) and Slovak : from a form of the Slavic personal name Karel or Karol, vernacular forms of the Latin name Carolus (see Karl, Charles).Polish, Ukrainian, and Jewish (from Poland and Ukraine) : nickname from eastern Slavic and Yiddish karlik ‘dwarf’.