Carolina (name)

Carolina is a feminine given name in Spanish, English, Italian, Portuguese, Czech, Galician, Dutch and French. Pronounced kah-ro-LEE-nah (Czech, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Galician and Portuguese), ker-ə-LIEN-ə (English), kar-ə-LIEN-ə (English). From the masculine name Carolus which is Latin for Charles (English), which generally means 'free man' or 'freeholder'; however, ". Carolina" can also mean 'song of happiness or joy' from a French origin.

Variants of the name

• Carla (Dutch, English, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Galician)
• Carol (English, Portuguese)
• Caroline (English, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian)
• Carolyn (English)
• Coraline (Latin)
• Καρολίνα (Carolina or Karolina) (Greek)
• Carolina (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Swedish, Bulgarian)
• Karol
• Karolina (Polish, Swedish, Czech (Karolína), Esperanto)
• Karoliina (Finnish, Estonian)
• Carola (German, Italian, Swedish, Galician)
• Carlynn
• Carolynn
• Carry
• Karleen (German)
• Karlina (German)
• Carlota (Spanish, Portuguese, Galician)
• Carlotta (Italian)
• Carly (English)

Nicknames

• Coco
• Couki
• Lotta
• Lina
• Caro
• Karro
• Carito
• Car(e)y
• Care
• Carrie
• Carol
• Carrot
• Karin
• Cass (Caz)
• Cassie
• Lena
• CC
• Call
• Callie
• Nina
• Care Bear
• C-olina
• CarCar
• Caro
• Charlie

People with the name include

• Carolina Duer (born 1978), Argentine world champion boxer
• Carolina Estrada
• Carolina Herrera (disambiguation)
• Carolina Klüft, Swedish athlete
• Carolina Östberg, Swedish opera singer
• Carolina Villagrán, Chilean biogeographer

External links

1. "Carolina – meaning of Carolina name". thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
2. "Carolina, Meaning of Carolina, What Does Carolina Mean?". quickbabynames.com. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
3. Mike Campbell. "Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Carolina". behindthename.com. Retrieved 2014-09-06.