Karoly Family History
Karoly Name Meaning
Hungarian (Károly):: from the personal name Károly Hungarian form of Charles . This surname is also found in Slovakia. habitational name from a place so named in Bihar County. possibly also from karuly a variant of karvaly ‘sparrowhawk’ a symbolic name from a totemic animal of an ancient Hungarian tribe. Compare Carol
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022