How do you pronounce Caroline?

Caroline is pronounced KAIR-uh-line.

What is the origin of Caroline?

Caroline is of Old German origin, from Germanic culture.

Girl name Old German origin Christian tradition

Caroline

KAIR-uh-line · 8 letters · 3 syllables

What it means

Free woman

Language

Old German

Culture

Germanic

Religion

Christian

Style era

classic

Themes

royal

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Popularity over time

2024 rank#92

2024 births2,720

Peak year2000

First appeared1880

Total US births247,746

Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames

CaroCarrieLina

Alternate spellings

CarolynCaroline

In other languages

Carolina (Italian/Spanish)Karolina (Polish)Karoline (German)

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