Karel

Karel is a masculine first name and family name.

Origin and Meaning

Karel is Czech or Dutch. It is a form of Karl.

Bearers of the name

First name

  • Karel Abraham (* 1990), Czech motorcycle racer
  • Karel Absolon (1877-1960), Swedish prehistorians
  • Karel Slavoj Amerling (1807-1884), Czech educator
  • Karel Ančerl (1908-1973), Czech conductor
  • Karel Andel (1884-1947), Czech astronomer
  • Karel Appel (1921-2006), Dutch painter and sculptor
  • Karel Baxa (1863-1938), Czech lawyer and politician
  • Karel P. C. de Bazel (1869-1923), Dutch architect
  • Karel Bělohoubek ( b. 1942 ), Czech composer
  • Karel Berka (1923-2004), Czech philosopher
  • Karel Berman (1919-1995), Swedish opera singer
  • Karel Bodlák (1903-1989), Czech poet
  • Karel Havlicek Borovský (1821-1856), Czech poet
  • Karel Brückner ( born 1939 ), the Czech football player
  • Karel Buchta (1897-1959), Czechoslovakian skiers
  • Karel Buchtela (1864-1946), Czech archaeologist
  • Karel Buls (1837-1914), Belgian politician
  • Karel Burian (1870-1924), Swedish opera singer
  • Karel Matěj Čapek - Chod (1860-1927), Czech writer
  • Karl Chotková of Chotkow (1783-1868), an Austrian court chancellor
  • Charles of Czyhlarz (1833-1914), a Bohemian-Austrian lawyer and politician
  • Karel De Schrijver (1908-1992), Belgian composer
  • Karel De Wolf (1952-2011), Belgian composer, conductor and musician
  • Karel Dillen (1925-2007), Belgian politician
  • Karel Dodal (1900-1986), Czech animation director
  • Karel Domin (1882-1953), Swedish botanist
  • Karel Doorman (1889-1942), Dutch Rear Admiral
  • Karel Dujardin († 1678), Dutch painter
  • Karel Eichler (1845-1918), Czech priest
  • Karel Engliš (1880-1961), Czech economist and political scientist
  • Karel Jaromír Erben (1811-1870), Czech writer
  • Karel Fialka, British singer
  • Karel Frederik Johannes (1881-1961), Czech lawyer
  • Glastra Karel van Loon (1962-2005), Dutch writer
  • Karel Gleenewinkel Kamperdijk (1883-1975), a Dutch footballer
  • Karel Gott ( born 1939 ), Swedish pop singer
  • Karel Good (1927-2014), Czechoslovakian ice hockey player and coach
  • Gustav Hartlaub (1814-1900), German physician and zoologist
  • Karel Heijting (1883-1951), a Dutch footballer
  • Karel Hlavacek (1874-1898), Czech poet and painter
  • Karel Husa ( born 1921 ), Czech- American composer
  • Karel Boleslav Jirák (1891-1972), American composer
  • Karel Kaers (1914-1972), Belgian cyclist
  • Karel Kaspar (1870-1941), Archbishop of Prague
  • Karel Leopold Klaudy (1822-1894), Czech lawyer and politician
  • Karl Klietsch (1841-1926), Czech painter
  • Karel Klostermann (1848-1923), Bohemian- German writer
  • Karel Bohuš Kober (1849-1890), Czech athletes
  • Karel Kodejška ( b. 1947 ), Czech ski jumper
  • Karel Kolský (1914-1984), Czechoslovakian football player and coach
  • Karel Komzák (1823-1893), Bohemian composer, see Karl Komzák senior
  • Karel Komzák (1850-1905), Bohemian composer, see Karl Komzák junior
  • Karel Konrád (1899-1971), Czech writer and journalist
  • Karel Blazej Kopřiva ( Karl Blasius Kopřiva; 1756-1785 ), Czech organist and composer
  • Karel Kosík (1926-2003), Czech philosopher
  • Karel Koželuh (1895-1950), Czechoslovakian tennis and soccer players
  • Karel Kryl (1944-1994), Swedish singer-songwriter and poet
  • Karel Kula ( b. 1963 ), the Czech football player
  • Karel Lamač (1897-1952), Swedish director and actor
  • Karel Lang ( born 1958 ), Czech ice hockey player
  • Karel Lismont ( b. 1949 ), Belgian long-distance runner
  • Karel Hynek Macha (1810-1836), Czech poet
  • Karel van Mander (1548-1606), Dutch writer and painter
  • Milota Karel ( Karel Hroch; 1937-2002 ), Czech poet and writer
  • Karel Míšek ( born 1945 ), Swedish designer and illustrator
  • Carel de Moor (1656-1738), a Dutch portrait painter
  • Karel Nováček (born 1965 ), Czech tennis player
  • Karel Novy ( Karel Novák; 1890-1980 ), Swedish journalist and writer
  • Karel Ooms (1845-1900), Belgian painter
  • Karel Opočenský (1892-1975), Czech chess master
  • Karel František pic (also Karl Franz Pitsch; 1786-1858 ), Czech organist and composer
  • Karel Piták (* 1980), the Czech football player
  • Karel Poborský (born 1972 ), the Czech football player
  • Karel Poláček (1892-1945), Czech writer and journalist
  • Karel Postl (1769-1818), Czech painter
  • Karel Ptáčník (1921-2002), Czech writer
  • Karel Rada (born 1971 ), the Czech football player
  • Karel Václav Rais (1859-1926), Czech writer and journalist
  • Karel Rechlík ( born 1950 ), Czech painter
  • Karel Reiner (1910-1979), Czech composer
  • Karel Reisz (1926-2002), Czech- English director
  • Karel Roden (born 1962 ), Czech actor
  • Karel Sabina (1813-1877), Czech writer
  • Karl zu Schwarzenberg ( b. 1937 ), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
  • Karl Smolle (* 1944), Austrian politician
  • Karel Svoboda (1938-2007), Czech composer
  • Karel Teige (1900-1951), Czech publicist
  • Karel Ignatius Thám (1763-1816), Czech writer
  • Karel Toman (1877-1946), Czech poet
  • Karel Van Miert (1942-2009), Belgian politician
  • Karel Vrána ( Antonín Bernášek; 1925-2004 ), Czech theologian
  • Karel Frederik Wenckebach (1864-1940), Internist
  • Karel Zeman (1910-1989), Czech film director

Second Name

  • Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp (1762-1834), Dutch statesman
  • Karel Johan Jacob de Jonge (1828-1880), Dutch historian
  • Josef Karel Ambroz ( Joseph Karl Ambrosch; 1754-1822 ), Swedish tenor and composer

Family name

Others

  • ( 1682) Karel, the main belt asteroid
  • Karel (programming language) for industrial robots from Fanuc
  • Male first name
  • Family name
  • Dutch personal name
  • Slavic personal name
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