The Most Popular Names. On this page you will find lists of the most popular given names in various regions of the world. Typically the information is compiled by a national statistics agency, though in some cases it comes from another source.
Carlos /car-los/ [2 sylls.] as a boys' name is pronounced KAR-lohs. It is of Spanish and Old German origin, and the meaning of Carlos is free man. Variant of Charles.See also Carl. Film directors Carlos Saura, and Carl Ponti.arlos is a very popular first name for men (#81 out of 1220, Top 7%) and also a very popular surname for all people (#2718 out of 150436, Top 2%).
Charles is derived from the Germanic karl (full-grown, a man), which is a cognate of the Old English ceorl (a man, freeman, peasant).ersonal experiences with the name Charles: | Edit. My Granddad was called Charles, he always went by Charlie. I think it's a good name as it can be anything you want it to be with by using nicknames. I think it goes nicely with Alexander as a middle name.