Carolus Family Crest & Name History

Records tie Carolus closely to Carl. Its meaning, shared with Carl, is “From Karl”.

• Other spellings include Carles, Carel and Charlez.
• Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.
• Carolus ranked 34,495 in the 2010 US Census, with 656 people answering to the name. From 1891 to 2000, 239 births in France were registered under Carolus.
• Carolus is built on the same root as Carl, with the ending -olus.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Carolus, so the heraldry linked to Carl is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Carolus report, with a museum-style coat of arms.