Carolina Forename
718th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,164,197 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Chile
Carolina Forename Definition:
CAROLINE. Originally Continental forms—the former, originally Italian—corresponding to the French and English Charlotte (q. v.). Caroline is considered the more aristocratic (Royalty’s influence, this), but both are, in C20, rather unfashionable.
Read More About This ForenameCarolina Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 100% | 182,558 | 1:680 | 132 |
| Brazil | 100% | 181,162 | 1:1,183 | 181 |
| Chile | 100% | 130,712 | 1:135 | 18 |
| Argentina | 100% | 90,933 | 1:470 | 117 |
| Spain | 100% | 71,678 | 1:649 | 123 |
| Angola | 100% | 53,445 | 1:505 | 90 |
| Italy | 100% | 50,239 | 1:1,215 | 207 |
| Colombia | 100% | 48,363 | 1:988 | 162 |
| United States | 100% | 48,083 | 1:7,540 | 909 |
| Philippines | 99% | 43,018 | 1:2,464 | 492 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 37,996 | 1:795 | 119 |
| Mozambique | - | 24,479 | 1:1,113 | 240 |
| Peru | 100% | 20,247 | 1:1,570 | 312 |
| Portugal | - | 19,647 | 1:530 | 94 |
| Ecuador | - | 15,422 | 1:1,149 | 218 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 14,572 | 1:716 | 102 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 11,308 | 1:422 | 73 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 10,404 | 1:1,019 | 246 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 10,291 | 1:1,565 | 312 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 9,475 | 1:764 | 176 |
| South Africa | 100% | 8,850 | 1:6,162 | 1,163 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 8,647 | 1:29,833 | 4,026 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 7,355 | 1:818 | 158 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 6,619 | 1:518 | 112 |
| El Salvador | - | 6,561 | 1:967 | 174 |
| Panama | 100% | 5,579 | 1:700 | 99 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 5,521 | 1:9,561 | 1,265 |
| Sweden | 100% | 4,164 | 1:2,367 | 347 |
| Honduras | 100% | 2,813 | 1:3,135 | 481 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,791 | 1:6,056 | 872 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,585 | 1:12,818 | 1,377 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2,498 | 1:28,049 | 3,559 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,297 | 1:42,089 | 1,329 |
| England | 100% | 2,222 | 1:25,024 | 1,468 |
| Romania | 100% | 1,838 | 1:10,910 | 882 |
| Moldova | 100% | 1,693 | 1:2,103 | 235 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,648 | 1:6,972 | 902 |
| France | 100% | 1,347 | 1:49,347 | 1,509 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,157 | 1:7,099 | 849 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1,112 | 1:36,832 | 2,416 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,037 | 1:36,670 | 1,080 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 956 | 1:185,737 | 8,268 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 817 | 1:37,270 | 3,276 |
| Cuba | - | 675 | 1:17,047 | 990 |
| Australia | - | 645 | 1:21,175 | 1,455 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 525 | 1:58,691 | 6,867 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Ghana | 100% | 449 | 1:60,103 | 3,023 |
| DR Congo | 95% | 438 | 1:168,556 | 7,793 |
| India | 100% | 420 | 1:2,892,567 | 133,405 |
| Cape Verde | - | 374 | 1:1,415 | 240 |
| Egypt | - | 369 | 1:249,054 | 8,446 |
| Finland | 100% | 313 | 1:17,518 | 1,042 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 295 | 1:19,077 | 1,491 |
| Austria | 100% | 293 | 1:29,059 | 1,136 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 259 | 1:31,476 | 3,143 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 238 | 1:64,806 | 5,251 |
| Zambia | - | 234 | 1:67,756 | 3,765 |
| Norway | 100% | 228 | 1:22,510 | 1,293 |
| New Zealand | - | 213 | 1:21,296 | 1,639 |
| Belize | 100% | 212 | 1:1,671 | 374 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 196 | 1:18,114 | 877 |
| Denmark | - | 188 | 1:30,051 | 1,445 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 175 | 1:135,827 | 14,265 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 170 | 1:916 | 271 |
| Russia | 97% | 168 | 1:858,534 | 7,807 |
| Czechia | 100% | 151 | 1:70,571 | 988 |
| Scotland | 100% | 137 | 1:39,054 | 1,390 |
| Greece | 100% | 135 | 1:80,997 | 2,379 |
| Ireland | 99% | 115 | 1:40,378 | 1,450 |
| Andorra | - | 111 | 1:747 | 120 |
| Aruba | - | 109 | 1:952 | 190 |
| Namibia | - | 100 | 1:24,042 | 2,039 |
| China | - | 90 | 1:15,178,398 | 60,031 |
| Brunei | - | 83 | 1:5,055 | 532 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 81 | 1:2,370 | 451 |
| Estonia | 100% | 77 | 1:17,083 | 1,563 |
| Malta | - | 62 | 1:6,925 | 809 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 61 | 1:117,246 | 8,700 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Lesotho | 97% | 56 | 1:36,429 | 4,062 |
| Guam | - | 49 | 1:3,278 | 650 |
| Haiti | - | 46 | 1:233,195 | 10,010 |
| Singapore | 100% | 44 | 1:142,888 | 7,923 |
| Wales | 100% | 42 | 1:73,674 | 2,111 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Hungary | 100% | 37 | 1:264,642 | 1,254 |
| Qatar | 97% | 36 | 1:65,822 | 8,074 |
| Belarus | 96% | 34 | 1:278,894 | 2,159 |
| Japan | - | 30 | 1:4,266,202 | 26,211 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 30 | 1:18,802 | 1,173 |
| Congo | 100% | 28 | 1:178,900 | 6,200 |
| Hong Kong | - | 27 | 1:287,138 | 3,601 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 27 | 1:91,065 | 2,759 |
| Botswana | - | 26 | 1:84,017 | 7,219 |
| East Timor | - | 25 | 1:48,735 | 137 |
| Guyana | 100% | 24 | 1:31,803 | 3,406 |
| Croatia | 100% | 21 | 1:200,813 | 3,495 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 21 | 1:2,440 | 366 |
| Jordan | 100% | 20 | 1:441,339 | 3,660 |
| Kenya | - | 19 | 1:2,437,216 | 20,914 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Iran | - | 18 | 1:4,360,937 | 18,054 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 18 | 1:26,424 | 549 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 17 | 1:1,271,206 | 31,253 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 17 | 1:1,043,932 | 10,994 |
| Monaco | 100% | 17 | 1:2,263 | 456 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 17 | 1:34,174 | 2,353 |
| Turkey | 100% | 17 | 1:4,576,571 | 21,604 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 16 | 1:85,089 | 6,268 |
| Iceland | - | 14 | 1:26,144 | 1,689 |
| Israel | 100% | 13 | 1:646,378 | 11,150 |
| Barbados | - | 12 | 1:24,149 | 1,919 |
| Latvia | - | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| Liberia | 100% | 12 | 1:367,672 | 10,977 |
| San Marino | 100% | 12 | 1:2,743 | 338 |
| South Korea | - | 12 | 1:462,035 | 12,149 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 12 | 1:2,892 | 588 |
| Albania | 100% | 11 | 1:276,961 | 12,691 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 11 | 1:17,668,880 | 95,124 |
| Benin | 100% | 10 | 1:1,057,584 | 26,153 |
| Macau | - | 10 | 1:60,821 | 609 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 9 | 1:19,757 | 2,072 |
| Palestine | 100% | 7 | 1:650,008 | 3,446 |
| Ukraine | - | 7 | 1:6,499,987 | 10,516 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Armenia | 100% | 6 | 1:486,459 | 5,701 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Cook Islands | - | 5 | 1:3,631 | 547 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 5 | 1:7,571 | 562 |
| Oman | - | 5 | 1:821,733 | 6,168 |
| Senegal | 100% | 5 | 1:2,916,271 | 15,947 |
| Vietnam | - | 5 | 1:18,524,623 | 4,897 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 4 | 1:15,325 | 1,588 |
| Chad | - | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Comoros | - | 4 | 1:190,335 | 532 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Malawi | 100% | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 4 | 1:3,382 | 74 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:16,376 | 1,521 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Syria | - | 3 | 1:6,435,358 | 7,086 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Anguilla | - | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Guinea | - | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
The alternate forms: Carolinà (2), Carölina (1), Caroliña (1) & Carolína (1) are calculated separately.
Carolina (5,141) may also be a surname.
Carolina Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
CAROLINE. Originally Continental forms—the former, originally Italian—corresponding to the French and English Charlotte (q. v.). Caroline is considered the more aristocratic (Royalty’s influence, this), but both are, in C20, rather unfashionable. See also Carrie.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Carolina Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 5,551 (2014)
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