Quick answer
Karl is a boy name.
Pronunciation: German /ˈkaʁl/; Swedish /ˈkɑːɭ/; Danish /ˈkɑːˀl/; American English /ˈkɑɹl/; British English /ˈkɑːl/; Finnish /ˈkɑrl/.
Meaning and history
German and Scandinavian form of Charles. This was the name of seven rulers of the Franks and the Holy Roman Empire. It was also borne by a beatified emperor of Austria (1887-1922), as well as ten kings of Sweden. Other famous bearers include the German philosophers Karl Marx (1818-1883), a political theorist and socialist, and Karl Jaspers (1883-1969), an existentialist and psychiatrist.
Notes and context
Usage: german, swedish, norwegian, danish, icelandic, english, finnish, estonian, germanic, old norse