When Peter Joseph Kaulen was born on 14 September 1820, in Bergheim, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, his father, Johann Kaulen, was 41 and his mother, Christina Niessen, was 29.
German and Swiss German: derivative of Karl .
Swedish (Karlén): from the personal name Karl or a habitational name from any of various places called with this personal name; the adjectival suffix -én is a derivative of Latin -enius ‘relating to’. Compare Carlen .
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