Around the world, Karle (Karle 
, 卡尔 
, 卡利 ) is quite a rare unisex forename. The forename Karle is habitual in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is a rare epicene name, China, where it is a very rare gender-neutral name, and the United Kingdom, where it is a very rare principally boy's, but very seldom feminine name. In absolute terms, it most frequently occurs in China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and India. More frequently, Karle is the last name as well as the forename.
Karle is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Luke Cage , the fictional character in Marvel Comics; Carl Johnson , the protagonist of the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas; Old Shatterhand , the fictional character; Carl Grimes , the fictional character in The Walking Dead and Beetle Bailey , the main character in the comic strip of the same name, Beetle Bailey, and in many other works.