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%).
Sometimes the Indian surname Shah is mistakenly thought that it is derived from the Persian 'Shah' meaning King. Actually it is of Indian origin. It is derived from Sanskrit Sadhu (meaning gentleman) and Prakrit Sahu, while the actual spelling Shah in Western culture was popularized by the title of the former Persian King.