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Carole - Meaning of Carole
What does Carole mean?
[ 2 syll. ca-ro-le, car-ole ] The baby girl name Carole is pronounced as KEHR-ahL †. Carole is of English and Germanic origin. It is used mainly in the English and French languages.
Carole is an English and French variant spelling of the English Carol.
Carole is also an English and French form of the English, French, and Scandinavian Caroline.
See also the related category french.
Carole is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked in 1942 with 0.605% of baby girls being given the name Carole. It was #35 in rank then. The baby name has markedly declined in popularity since then, and is used only on an infrequent scale now. Among the family of girl names directly linked to Carole, Caroline was the most popular in 2016.
Baby names that sound like Carole include Carol, Carrol, Carroll, Caral, Carall, Carel, Carell, Carely, Carill, Carla, Carlee, Carleh, Carleigh, Carley, Carli, Carlie, Carliyle, Carly, Carlye, and Carlyle.
† Pronunciation for Carole: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)"
