Carolyn

For the song recorded by Merle Haggard, see Carolyn (song). For the lake in Texas, see Las Colinas.

Carolyn

Pronunciation	CA-ro-lin
Gender	Feminine
Origin
Word/name	French
Other names
Related names	Carolyne, Carolynne, Karolyn, Caroline, Carol, Charles

Carolyn is a female given name, a variant of Caroline. Other spellings include Karolyn, Carolyne, Carolynn or Carolynne. Caroline itself is one of the feminine forms of Charles.

List of Notable People

• Carolyn Bennett (born 1950), Canadian politician
• Carolyn Bertozzi (born 1966), American chemist and Nobel laureate
• Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy (1966–1999), wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr.
• Carolyn Brown (choreographer) (born 1927), American dancer, choreographer, and writer
• Carolyn Brown (newsreader), English newsreader
• Carolyn Cassady (1923–2013), American writer and wife of Neal Cassady
• C. J. Cherryh (Carolyn Janice Cherryh; born 1942), American science fiction and fantasy writer
• Carolyn Chiechi (born 1943), judge of the United States Tax Court
• Carolyn Cooper (born 1959), Jamaican author and literary scholar
• Carolyn Davidson, several people
• Carolyn Eaton, murder victim
• Carolyn Fe, Filipina singer and actress
• Carolyn Forché (born 1950), American poet, editor, translator and human rights advocate
• Carolyn Franklin (1944–1988), American singer and songwriter, sister of Aretha Franklin
• Carolyn Gray, Canadian Playwright
• Carolyn Harris (born 1960), British politician
• Carolyn Lynnet Harris (1948–1994), US librarian
• Carolyn Wilson Harris (1849–1910), US lichenologist
• Carolyn Hart (born 1936), American mystery writer
• Carolyn Hax (born 1966), American writer and advice columnist
• Carolyn Price Horton (1909-2001), American bookbinder and conservator
• Carolyn Hunt (born 1937), American educator, politician, and First Lady of North Carolina
• Carolyn Dawn Johnson (born 1971), Canadian country music singer-songwriter
• Carolyn Jones (1930–1983), American actress
• Carolyn Jones (politician), Canadian politician
• Carolyn Jones-Young (born 1969), American former basketball player
• Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (born 1945), American politician
• Carolyn Kizer (1925–2014), Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet
• Carolyn Lawrence (born 1967), American voice actress
• Carolyn Leigh (1926–1983), American lyricist
• Carolyn Maloney (born 1946), American politician
• Carolyn Martin (born 1951), American academic, author and president of Amherst College
• Carolyn McCarthy (born 1944), American politician
• Carolyn McCormick (born 1959), American actress
• Carolyn McCurdie, British-born New Zealand author
• Carolyn Morris (1925–1996), pitcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
• Carolyn Omine (fl. 1990s–2020s), American television writer and producer
• Carolyn Miller Parr (born 1937), judge of the United States Tax Court
• Carolyn Parrish (born 1946), Canadian former politician
• Carolyn Porco (born 1953), American planetary scientist
• Carolyn Reidy (1949–2020), president and CEO of the American publishing company Simon & Schuster
• Carolyn See (1934–2016), American author and reviewer
• Carolyn Seymour (born 1947), English actress
• Carolyn Shelby (born 1976), American micronationalist
• Carolyn S. Shoemaker (1929–2021), American astronomer
• Carolyn Watkinson (born 1949), English mezzo-soprano singer
• Carolyn D. Wright (1949–2016), American poet
• Carolyn Yarnell (born 1961), American composer and visual artist

In fiction

• Carolyn Barek, on the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent
• Carolyn Keene, pseudonym of the authors of the Nancy Drew and The Dana Girls mystery stories
• Carolyn Stoddard, from the soap opera Dark Shadows
• Princess Carolyn, from the adult animation series Bojack Horseman

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Carolyn
• All pages with titles containing Carolyn
• All pages with titles beginning with Carolyne
• All pages with titles beginning with Carolynne
• Carolan (surname)
• Caroly (name)
• "Carolyna"
• Carolyne
• Carolynn
• Karolyn