Thoughts on Carl?

[RainCheckMate]

Do you like the name Carl?

Pilkington 😬

Prefer the Scandi / Germanic spelling Karl.

Don't like it at all.
Doubt I would even if I wasn't Scottish 🙂

You'd be at the forefront of the 80's name revival. It's coming.

I love it when names come back! Mable was coming back, wonder if that's still used.

I think bringing names back from the past is preferable to this sudden surge in last names as first names like Leighton or Mason.

Also Claire should be brought back.

DH and I were just talking about this the other day because of a footballer and it's so hard to pronounce if you're Scottish. I have to really think about it and put a bit of an accent on or else it just reverts to Carol. Same with Pearl (that's even harder - I don't even try, it's just Peril).

Up there with Kevin, Kyle & Gary.

I quite like it, it's different.

Not a fan. He sounds like a bore who drones on

Unpronounceable in Scotland and I suspect Ireland.

I went out with an English Carl as a teenager, he hated that everyone called him Carol.

I like it as a man's name, I just can't see a toddler being called Carl!

This is a refreshing change from the usual ‘the English mangle everything’ rhetoric of this board. Can’t you pretend it’s spelt Kahl?

I quite like it despite struggling to imagine a young Carl nowadays (unfortunately I see it as a late 80's/90's name).
Karl may be the spelling more suited to today.

I absolutely love Carla for a girl though and actually think it's pretty timeless in it's feminine form.

No

Biased as its DH’s name, but I like it. If we have a son it will be his middle name.

I quite like it as it's my son's middle name (but with a K), but to be completely honest it was mainly chosen because it's a family tradition for boys to be Something Karl and that makes it special. I do think it's a handsome name but it probably wouldn't have been our choice if it wasn't for the family connection.

I once knew a guy called Joel and he was a really great lad. I quite like it actually!

I really like it and it's on my list. Prefer with a C than a K. I know one, he's a lovely man.

I'm Scottish and have to say Carl like Carol, not a great name

No, but perhaps I am bias, as I have never met a nice person called Carl.

No. It's in the same league as Darren and Jason.

Would you consider Craig as an alternative?

I must run immediately to tell my lovely DH that he has a 70s porn star name 😂😂😂😂😂

He was born late 70's/early 80s was a bit of a player in his day. Now he has a beer gut

I find it hard to say. Does anyone else?