Karel /ˈkÉ‘ËrÉ™l/ is a given name in Dutch and Czech, equivalent to Charles, meaning Free Man.
Karoly Name Meaning. from the personal name Károly, Hungarian form of Charles. habitational name from a place so named in Bihar County. possibly from karuly, variant of karvaly 'sparrow-hawk', a symbolic name from a totemic animal of an ancient Hungarian tribe.