# Caryl

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**Caryl** is both a [unisex given name](/source/Unisex_name) and [surname](/source/Surname). As a given name, it is an alternate form of [Carol](/source/Carol_(given_name)) that is common for women and [Carroll](/source/Carroll_(given_name)) that is uncommon for men. It is also an uncommon surname.[1][2]

## Given name

- [Caryl Bagot, 6th Baron Bagot](/source/Caryl_Bagot,_6th_Baron_Bagot) (1877–1961), Irish Guards officer
- [Caryl Brahms](/source/Caryl_Brahms) (1901–1982), pseudonym of English writer Doris Caroline Abrahams (1901–1982)
- [Caryl Chessman](/source/Caryl_Chessman) (1921–1960), convicted robber and rapist
- [Caryl Churchill](/source/Caryl_Churchill) (born 1938), English playwright
- [Caryl Parry Jones](/source/Caryl_Parry_Jones) (born 1958), Welsh singer
- [Caryl Kristensen](/source/Caryl_Kristensen) (born 1960), American comedian, sitcom actor and daytime talk show host
- [Caryl Parker Haskins](/source/Caryl_Parker_Haskins) (1908–2001), American scientist, author, inventor and philanthropist
- [Caryl Phillips](/source/Caryl_Phillips) (born 1958), Kittitian-British writer
- [Caryl Righetti](/source/Caryl_Righetti) (born 1984), Swiss footballer
- [Caryl Thomas](/source/Caryl_Thomas) (born 1986), Welsh rugby union player
- [Caryl Rae Weston](/source/Rae_Weston) (1941–2014), New Zealand professor of banking and management

## Surname

- [Joseph Caryl](/source/Joseph_Caryl) (1602–1673), English theologian
- [Ronnie Caryl](/source/Ronnie_Caryl) (born 1953), English guitarist

## See also

- [Caral](/source/Caral)
- [Carel](/source/Carel)
- [Carell](/source/Carell)
- [Caril](/source/Caril)
- [Carol (disambiguation)](/source/Carol_(disambiguation))
- [Caroll](/source/Caroll)
- [Caryll](/source/Caryll)

## Notes

1. ["Caryl (girl)"](http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Caryl). *Thinkbabynames.com*. Retrieved March 15, 2022.

1. ["Caryl (boy)"](http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Caryl). *Thinkbabynames.com*. Retrieved March 15, 2022.

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