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Updated June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

  • French : Little and strong; feminine form of Charles

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cearbhalláin, a northern and midland Irish name meaning ‘descendant of Cearbhallán’, a diminutive of the personal name Cearbhall (see Carroll).

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