Meaning and origin of Caroline

Caroline
English
Female
`joy
Meaning & Origin
Caroline is a English girl name.
The meaning of the name is `joy`.
Where is it used?
The name Caroline is mainly used in French and in English.
How do they say it elsewhere?
Charles (In English and in French)
Karolyn (In English)
Carlyn (In English)
Carolyn (In English
In combination with other names:
In English: Careen (F)
If it's too long people might use
In English: Carry
For the opposite sex use:
In Ancient Germanic (Latinized): Carolus (M)
See also
In Polish, Scandinavian and in Hungarian: Karolina
In Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and in English: Carolina
In German and in Danish: Karoline
In French: Carole
In Finnish: Karoliina
In English: Karrie
In English: Carola
In English: Carol
In English: Carrie (F)
In Other languages: Cari (F)
Statistics
The name Caroline was given to 4554 babies in the USA in 2004. Caroline was the number 162 name that year. In 2005, the name was given to 4311 babies making it the number 74 name that year.
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