Karoline

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Karoline is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name114K records spelled Karoline14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Norway, Denmark, United States

  Languages: English, Norwegian Bokmål, Danish

  Also written Karoliné, Karolinė, Karolíně

• German given name31K records spelled Karoline6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, Austria, United States, Norway

  Also written Karolíne, Karolīne, Karoliné

• French given name2.7K records spelled Karoline5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Canada

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Karo-Line, Kàroline, Kärölïnë

56 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Karoline is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, ) Caroline: weibl. Vom., Wei­ terbildung von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Norwegian, a female given name derived from French Caroline. Diminutives: Lina, Line

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 95 years between 1915–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Karoline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadtb. 1723DEGerman artist, naturalist, art collector and entomologist (1723-1783)
• Princess Auguste Karoline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttelb. 1764DEGerman noble (1764-1788)
• Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitzb. 1778DEnot in their usual nameDuchess of Mecklenburg, Princess of Prussia, Solms-Braunfels & Great Britain, Queen of Hanover (1778-1841)
• Princess Elisabeth of Prussiab. 1815DEnot in their usual namethird daughter and seventh child of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia and Princess Marie Anna of Hesse-Homburg (1815-1885)
• Lotte Lenyab. 1898ATnot in their usual nameAustrian singer and actress (1898-1981)
• Lina Radkeb. 1903DEnot in their usual nameGerman middle distance runner (1903-1983)
• Karoline Eichhornb. 1965DEGerman actress
• Karoline Schuchb. 1981DEGerman actress
• Karoline Herfurthb. 1984DEGerman actress
• Karoline Leavittb. 1997USAmerican writer and political aide (born 1997)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 586 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Karoline?

We estimate roughly 55 thousand people bear Karoline (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Karoline have the most bearers?

We estimate about 36 thousand people bear Karoline in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled karoline.

Where is Karoline most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Karoline is densest in Norway — about 1 in 740 people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.

How common is Karoline compared with other names?

In Brazil, Karoline is the 761st most common given name of 536,280 given names recorded there.

Is Karoline a male or female name?

Karoline is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Karoline mean?

Recorded meaning: Karoline von Günderode, deutsche Schriftstellerin