Carolina - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ 4 syll. ca-ro-li-na, car-ol-ina ] The girl name Carolina is pronounced as KEHRahLAYNah ^KEY. Carolina is an English, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish name of Germanic origin. Carolina is a variation of the English and French name Caroline.

Carolina is fairly popular as a baby name for girls. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1950s. At the modest height of its usage in 2004, 0.063% of baby girls were named Carolina. It ranked at #254 then. In 2008, its usage was 0.045% and its ranking #355. Within the group of girl names directly related to Carolina, the English and French Caroline was the most commonly used. In 2008, it was used 4 times more than Carolina.

Baby names that sound like Carolina include the Czech, German, Hungarian, Polish, Scandinavian, and Slavic Karolina, the Czech Karolína, the English Carilena, the Dutch Carolien, the Italian Coralina, the Finnish Karoliina, the English Karolynn, the English Caralin, the English Caraline, the English Caralyn, the English Carileen, the English Carlana, the Dutch Carlijn, the English and Scandinavian Carlina, the English Carolann, the German Carolin, the English and French Caroline, the English and German Carolyn, the English Carolyne, and the English Carolynn.

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