Caroline (first name)
Caroline , also Carolina, Carolin or Karoline , Karolina, Karolin is a female given name .
Word origin and meaning
Caroline is the diminutive form of the Old High German first name Karla , feminine form of Karl 'die Freie' or Romansh Carol 'die Geliebte'. In Spanish, caro means expensive, valuable, “expensive, valuable”.
variants
Both forms ending with "C" and "K" are common in numerous languages.
Other variants:
Short forms (all also for Karla and Carol ):
- C / diamond, C / diamond
- Carrie
name day
As a name day is January 28 celebrated. It goes back to Caroline Carré de Malberg , who died on January 28, 1891.
In addition, all saints named Karl apply:
- cath .: January 7th - Sl. Charles of Sezia , Franciscan in Rome, martyr
- Catholic, ev .: January 28th - St. Charlemagne , Roman emperor, empire founder
- Catholic: March 2nd - St. Charles the Good of Flanders, Martyr of Peace
- Catholic: June 3rd - St. Karl Lwanga , Ugandan martyr
- cath .: August 12th - Sl. Karl Leisner , German martyr in the Dachau concentration camp
- Catholic: August 24th - St. Karl von Borango , Austrian religious, missionary, martyr on Saipan
- ev .: October 20th - Karl Segebrock , German-Baltic missionary and martyr
- cath .: October 21 - Sl. Charles I of Austria-Hungary , last emperor of Austria-Hungary
- Catholic: November 4th - St. Charles Borromeo , cardinal, archbishop of Milan and counter-reformer
Name bearers
Single name (all variants)
- Caroline von Ansbach (1683–1737), Queen of Great Britain
- Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1704–1774), Countess Palatinate and Duchess of Palatinate-Zweibrücken
- Caroline of Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover (1713–1757), British princess
- Karoline Henriette Christiane (1721–1774), Countess of Hesse-Darmstadt
- Karoline Luise of Hessen-Darmstadt (1723–1783), Princess of Hesse
- Karoline von Oranien-Nassau-Dietz (1743–1787), Princess of Nassau-Weilburg
- Caroline Mathilde von Hannover (1751–1775), Queen of Denmark and Norway
- Friederike Caroline Luise von Hessen-Darmstadt (1752–1782), daughter of Georg Wilhelm von Hessen-Darmstadt and Maria Luise Albertine von Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg
- Karoline von Schlotheim (1766–1847), Maitresse of Elector Wilhelm von Hessen-Kassel
- Caroline von Braunschweig (1768–1821), Queen of England
- Karoline von Manderscheid-Blankenheim (1768–1831), Princess von und zu Liechtenstein
- Karoline Amalie von Hessen-Kassel (1771–1848), Duchess of Hessen-Kassel
- Karoline von Hessen-Homburg (1771–1854), regent of the Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
- Karoline Friederike Wilhelmine von Baden (also Caroline Friederike Wilhelmine) (1776–1841), from 1806 Queen of the Kingdom of Bavaria
- Karoline Friederike von Waldenburg (1781–1844), first life companion of Prince August of Prussia
- Karoline Auguste of Bavaria (1792–1873), Empress of Austria
- Caroline Amalie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1796–1881), second wife of King Christian VIII of Denmark
- Caroline von Hessen-Homburg (1819–1872), regent of the Principality of Reuss-Greiz
- Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (also Caroline ; 1819–1887), partner of Franz Liszt
- Karoline Marie of Austria-Tuscany (1869–1945), Archduchess of Austria
- Caroline von Hannover and Caroline von Monaco (* 1957), daughter of Prince Rainier III. of Monaco and Princess Gracia Patricia
Carolin, Karolin
- Karolin Dubberstein (* 1989), German actress and model
- Carolin Emcke (* 1967), German publicist and essayist
- Carolin Fortenbacher (* 1963), German singer
- Karolin Vaile Fuchs (* 1980), German singer and actress
- Karolin Horchler (* 1989), German biathlete
- Carolin Kebekus (* 1980), German comedian
- Carolin Reiber (* 1940), German television presenter
- Carolin Schiewe (* 1988), German soccer player
- Karolin Thomas (* 1985), German soccer player
Carolina
- Carolina Bazán (* 1980), Chilean cook
- Carolina Eyck (* 1987), German musician specializing in the theremin
- Carolina Herrera (* 1939), Venezuelan designer, among others for "Twilight - Breaking Dawn"
- Carolina Klüft (* 1983), Swedish heptathlete
- Carolina Kostner (* 1987), Italian figure skater
- Carolina Müller-Möhl (* 1968), Swiss investor and philanthropist
- Carolina Vera Squella (* 1973), German actress of Chilean origin
- Carolina Thiele (* 1987), German actress and model
- Christian Carolina Jaramillo Quintero (* 1994), Mexican national soccer player
Caroline
- Caroline Aaron (* 1952), American actress
- Caroline Attia (* 1960), French ski racer
- Caroline Bardua (1781–1864), German painter
- Caroline Beil (* 1966), German television presenter and actress
- Caroline Bliss (born 1961), British actress
- Caroline Bonaparte (1782–1839), youngest sister of Napoléon Bonaparte
- Caroline Bond Day (1889–1948), American anthropologist and writer
- Caroline Bos (* 1959), Dutch art historian and architect
- Caroline Carré de Malberg (1829-1891), French Catholic
- Caroline Cellier (* 1945), French actress
- Caroline Charrière (1960–2018), Swiss composer and conductor
- Caroline Janice Cherryh (* 1942), author
- Caroline Chikezie (born 1974), British actress
- Caroline Cossey (* 1954), British transsexual model
- Caroline of Denmark (1793–1881), Princess of Denmark and Hereditary Princess of Denmark by marriage
- Caroline de la Motte Fouqué (1773–1831), German writer
- Caroline Dhavernas (* 1978), Canadian actress
- Caroline Ducey (* 1977), French film actress
- Caroline Elias (* 1965), Franco-German journalist, lobbyist and film producer
- Caro Emerald , actually Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw (* 1981), Dutch singer
- Caroline Ernst (1819–1902), first German female settler in Texas
- Caroline Evers-Swindell (* 1978), New Zealand rower
- Caroline Fetscher (* 1958), German journalist and publicist
- Caroline Auguste Fischer (1764–1842), German writer and women's rights activist
- Caroline Friederike Friedrich (1749–1815), German flower still life painter and academy teacher
- Caroline von Gomperz-Bettelheim (1845–1925), Austro-Hungarian pianist and chamber singer
- Caroline Goodall (* 1959), British-Australian film and theater actress
- Caroline Graham (writer) (* 1931), English crime novelist
- Caroline Graham Hansen (* 1995), Norwegian soccer player
- Caroline Hamann-Winkelmann (* 1971), German journalist and television presenter
- Caroline Harrison (1832–1892), wife of US President Benjamin Harrison
- Caroline Haslett (1895–1957), English electrical engineer
- Caroline Herschel (1750–1848), German astronomer
- Caroline Hervé (Miss Kittin) (* 1973), French DJ, singer and producer
- Caroline von Humboldt (1766–1829), daughter of the Prussian Chamber President Baron Karl Friedrich von Dacheröden
- Caroline Kennedy (* 1957), daughter of John F. Kennedy
- Caroline Lalive (* 1979), American ski racer
- Caroline Link (* 1964), German director and screenwriter
- Caroline Marbouty (1804–1890), French author
- Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcelos , b. Karoline Michaelis (1851–1925), German and Portuguese Romanist
- Caroline Muhr (1925–1978), German writer
- Caroline Müller-Korn (* 1993), German handball player
- Caroline Catharina Müller , birth name of CC Catch (* 1964), Dutch-German singer
- Caroline Munro (born 1949), British actress
- Friederike Caroline Neuber (1697–1760), German actress
- Caroline Peters (* 1971), German actress
- Caroline Pileggi (* 1977), Australian weightlifter
- Caroline Rasser (* 1971), Swiss actress and cabaret artist
- Caroline Rémy de Guebhard (1855–1929), French socialist, journalist and feminist,
- Caroline Rhea (* 1964), comedian and actress,
- Caroline Schelling (1763–1809), German writer,
- Caroline Schneider (tennis player) (* 1973), German tennis player
- Caroline Schneider (actress) (* 1984), German actress
- Caroline Stam , Dutch soprano
- Caroline Thompson (* 1956), American screenwriter and film director
- Caroline Vanhove (1771–1860), Dutch-French actress
- Caroline Vasicek (* 1974), Austrian actress and musical artist
- Caroline Wensink (* 1984), Dutch volleyball player
- Caroline von Wolzüge (1763–1847), sister-in-law of Friedrich Schiller and author
- Caroline Wozniacki (* 1990), Danish tennis player
Caroline
- Karoline Balser (1873–1928), German politician
- Karoline Bauer (1807–1877), German actress
- Karoline von Berlepsch (1820–1877), third wife of Elector Wilhelm II of Hesse-Kassel
- Karoline Christine Böhler (1800–1860), German singer, actress and pianist
- Karoline Breitinger (1851–1932), German doctor
- Karoline Dyhre Breivang (* 1980), Norwegian handball player
- Karoline Dettmer (1867–1959), German politician
- Karoline von Fuchs-Mollard (1675–1754), educator and later chief stewardess at the imperial court in Vienna
- Karoline Eichhorn (* 1965), German actress.
- Karoline von Günderrode (1780–1806), German poet
- Karoline Hafner -Scholz (1898–1984), Austrian painter
- Karoline Herfurth (* 1984), German actress
- Karoline Hetzenecker (1822–1888), German opera singer
- Karoline Höfler (* 1962), German band leader
- Karoline Jagemann (1777–1848), German actress and singer
- Karoline Kaulla (1739–1809), German entrepreneur
- Karoline Offigstad Knotten (* 1995), Norwegian biathlete
- Karoline Linnert (* 1958), German politician
- Karoline Ludecus (1757–18 ??), German writer
- Karoline Mayer (* 1943), German missionary and development worker
- Karoline Michaelis, acqu. as Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcelos (1851–1925), German-Portuguese Romance studies
- Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken
- Karoline Schuch (* 1981), German actress
- Karoline Simpson-Larsen (* 1997), Norwegian cross-country skier
- Karoline Stahl (1776–1837), German writer
- Karoline Wittmann (1913–1978), German painter
Carrie
- Carrie Coon (born 1981), American actress
- Carrie Dann (* 1932), American environmental activist
- Carrie Fisher (1956–2016), American actress and author
- Carrie Prejean (* 1987), American model
- Carrie Roessler , pseudonym of the Austrian writer Ebba Schwimann-Pichler (* 1930)
- Carrie Underwood (born 1983), American country singer
- Carrie-Anne Moss (* 1967), Canadian actress
Renaming
Names like Carolina , Karolin , Karolinen are generally not associated with this name, but with Carolinus 'belonging to Karl, dedicated to Karl', i.e. to Carolus .