Czech (Karlík) and Slovak: from a form of the
Slavic personal name Karel or Karol, vernacular forms of
the Latin name Carolus (see Karl, Charles).Polish, Ukrainian, and Jewish (from Poland and Ukraine): nickname
from eastern Slavic and Yiddish karlik ‘dwarf’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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