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Updated: June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old German : Free man; a variation of Charles
  • Old English : Carl's island

How Popular Is The Name Carlisle

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from the Cumbrian city of Carlisle, in whose name Celtic cair ‘fort’ has been compounded with the Romano-British name of the settlement, Luguvalium.

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