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'[1][2] or 'freeholder'; however, ". Carolina" can also mean 'song of happiness or joy' from a French origin.[3]
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
- "Carolina – meaning of Carolina name". thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
- "Carolina, Meaning of Carolina, What Does Carolina Mean?". quickbabynames.com. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
- Mike Campbell. "Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Carolina". behindthename.com. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
Notes
- ↑ "Carolina | Name Meaning & Origin | Girl Name Carolina | Baby Names World". babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
- ↑ "Carolina: Meaning, Popularity, Origin of Baby Name Carolina | Baby Name Wizard". babynamewizard.com. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
- ↑ "Carolina name meaning". sheknows.com. Retrieved 2014-09-06.
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