Caroline Forename
400th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,701,247 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Saint Barthelemy
Caroline Forename Definition:
A female name. originally an It f. form (Carolina) of Charles (Carlo), which spread to south Germany and was introduced to England by the queen of George II, Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach. It became a favourite English christian name in the 18th C.
Read More About This ForenameCaroline Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 100% | 248,040 | 1:268 | 76 |
| Kenya | 100% | 191,467 | 1:242 | 29 |
| Brazil | 100% | 173,908 | 1:1,232 | 191 |
| United States | 100% | 158,853 | 1:2,282 | 427 |
| England | 100% | 148,457 | 1:375 | 84 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 110,212 | 1:1,611 | 299 |
| Uganda | 100% | 86,546 | 1:473 | 92 |
| South Africa | 100% | 41,421 | 1:1,317 | 186 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 38,477 | 1:1,919 | 327 |
| Canada | 100% | 37,992 | 1:872 | 194 |
| Belgium | 100% | 33,781 | 1:340 | 58 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 32,939 | 1:513 | 101 |
| Malawi | 100% | 32,109 | 1:533 | 117 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 21,869 | 1:2,414 | 452 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 21,852 | 1:989 | 194 |
| Germany | 100% | 21,444 | 1:4,508 | 476 |
| Australia | - | 18,375 | 1:743 | 167 |
| Scotland | 100% | 17,491 | 1:306 | 73 |
| Ireland | 100% | 17,086 | 1:272 | 50 |
| Zambia | - | 16,549 | 1:958 | 219 |
| Philippines | 99% | 16,157 | 1:6,561 | 1,018 |
| Ghana | 100% | 15,114 | 1:1,786 | 317 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 14,274 | 1:1,081 | 189 |
| Sweden | 100% | 13,995 | 1:704 | 131 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 13,126 | 1:626 | 139 |
| Sudan | 100% | 13,089 | 1:2,888 | 511 |
| Egypt | 100% | 11,278 | 1:8,149 | 821 |
| Wales | 100% | 7,154 | 1:433 | 94 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 7,126 | 1:4,273 | 464 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 6,953 | 1:3,398 | 773 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 6,721 | 1:274 | 55 |
| New Zealand | - | 5,787 | 1:784 | 182 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 5,354 | 1:48,181 | 6,167 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 5,317 | 1:18,349 | 2,425 |
| Rwanda | - | 4,834 | 1:2,352 | 509 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 4,549 | 1:1,237 | 259 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,320 | 1:6,306 | 1,134 |
| Denmark | - | 3,747 | 1:1,508 | 269 |
| Liberia | 99% | 3,478 | 1:1,269 | 237 |
| Thailand | 100% | 3,436 | 1:20,392 | 2,803 |
| Norway | 100% | 3,134 | 1:1,638 | 323 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 3,115 | 1:2,617 | 299 |
| Austria | 100% | 3,080 | 1:2,764 | 333 |
| Chile | 100% | 3,008 | 1:5,853 | 566 |
| Poland | 100% | 2,497 | 1:15,229 | 593 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2,418 | 1:7,601 | 874 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,313 | 1:1,247 | 319 |
| India | 100% | 2,251 | 1:539,706 | 42,361 |
| Benin | 100% | 2,130 | 1:4,965 | 856 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,040 | 1:15,104 | 2,092 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1,985 | 1:11,625 | 1,203 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,977 | 1:6,878 | 1,065 |
| Namibia | - | 1,924 | 1:1,250 | 261 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,433 | 1:7,279 | 957 |
| Morocco | - | 1,419 | 1:24,206 | 1,380 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1,360 | 1:10,722 | 793 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,329 | 1:35,011 | 1,664 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,247 | 1:466 | 87 |
| Togo | - | 1,236 | 1:5,857 | 938 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1,213 | 1:1,801 | 319 |
| Malta | - | 1,182 | 1:363 | 73 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1,111 | 1:508 | 123 |
| China | - | 1,096 | 1:1,246,401 | 36,919 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1,060 | 1:247 | 37 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 963 | 1:281 | 54 |
| Gabon | 100% | 962 | 1:1,958 | 462 |
| Haiti | 100% | 954 | 1:11,244 | 1,163 |
| Portugal | - | 941 | 1:11,064 | 652 |
| Iraq | 100% | 922 | 1:37,980 | 1,533 |
| Qatar | 100% | 892 | 1:2,657 | 357 |
| Fiji | - | 719 | 1:1,241 | 307 |
| Mali | 100% | 718 | 1:23,646 | 1,603 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 702 | 1:1,849 | 338 |
| Italy | 100% | 700 | 1:87,232 | 1,763 |
| French Polynesia | - | 676 | 1:411 | 68 |
| Singapore | 100% | 606 | 1:10,375 | 1,906 |
| Oman | - | 421 | 1:9,759 | 1,181 |
| Peru | 100% | 415 | 1:76,606 | 3,116 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 376 | 1:3,621 | 678 |
| Congo | 100% | 370 | 1:13,538 | 1,593 |
| Jersey | 100% | 338 | 1:296 | 56 |
| Suriname | 100% | 329 | 1:1,680 | 382 |
| Hong Kong | - | 325 | 1:23,855 | 2,180 |
| Barbados | - | 308 | 1:941 | 223 |
| Czechia | 100% | 308 | 1:34,598 | 726 |
| Finland | 100% | 305 | 1:17,978 | 1,058 |
| Iran | 100% | 302 | 1:259,923 | 4,221 |
| Panama | 100% | 268 | 1:14,577 | 1,660 |
| Ecuador | - | 256 | 1:69,246 | 2,060 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 255 | 1:248 | 61 |
| Bahamas | - | 252 | 1:1,585 | 373 |
| Guyana | 100% | 251 | 1:3,041 | 596 |
| Mexico | 100% | 251 | 1:494,599 | 5,593 |
| Greece | 100% | 231 | 1:47,336 | 1,694 |
| Swaziland | - | 231 | 1:5,628 | 945 |
| Israel | 100% | 210 | 1:40,014 | 2,755 |
| Japan | - | 204 | 1:627,383 | 12,286 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 194 | 1:24,577 | 1,517 |
| Bahrain | - | 192 | 1:7,024 | 1,127 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 192 | 1:157,302 | 6,223 |
| Jordan | 100% | 190 | 1:46,457 | 1,508 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 175 | 1:890 | 265 |
| Russia | 98% | 162 | 1:890,332 | 7,990 |
| Palestine | 100% | 141 | 1:32,270 | 1,282 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 141 | 1:168,579 | 16,153 |
| Belize | 100% | 140 | 1:2,531 | 578 |
| Colombia | 100% | 132 | 1:361,962 | 6,464 |
| Brunei | - | 129 | 1:3,252 | 329 |
| Monaco | 100% | 124 | 1:310 | 35 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 119 | 1:17,143 | 2,246 |
| Micronesia | - | 110 | 1:968 | 154 |
| Djibouti | - | 109 | 1:8,401 | 725 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 105 | 1:1,851,026 | 26,105 |
| Romania | 100% | 104 | 1:192,807 | 6,806 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 104 | 1:32,958 | 1,436 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 103 | 1:93 | 21 |
| Bermuda | - | 92 | 1:705 | 140 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 85 | 1:2,092 | 388 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 85 | 1:84,141 | 6,892 |
| Guinea | 100% | 84 | 1:141,174 | 2,406 |
| South Korea | 100% | 80 | 1:69,305 | 4,079 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 78 | 1:45,517 | 1,333 |
| Gibraltar | - | 77 | 1:443 | 90 |
| Guam | - | 77 | 1:2,086 | 455 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 76 | 1:1,308 | 280 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 76 | 1:498 | 121 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 73 | 1:1,503 | 306 |
| American Samoa | - | 69 | 1:809 | 73 |
| Kuwait | - | 66 | 1:57,352 | 4,703 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 66 | 1:1,691 | 310 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 65 | 1:13,401 | 1,059 |
| Paraguay | 97% | 64 | 1:113,075 | 2,633 |
| Syria | - | 63 | 1:306,446 | 2,556 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 58 | 1:946 | 196 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 52 | 1:309,777 | 3,618 |
| Honduras | 100% | 52 | 1:169,567 | 4,266 |
| Estonia | 100% | 49 | 1:26,844 | 2,029 |
| Myanmar | - | 49 | 1:1,060,169 | 627 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 47 | 1:1,304 | 293 |
| Seychelles | - | 45 | 1:2,059 | 474 |
| Turkey | 100% | 44 | 1:1,768,221 | 13,351 |
| Aruba | - | 38 | 1:2,731 | 559 |
| Gambia | - | 36 | 1:53,517 | 339 |
| Grenada | 100% | 36 | 1:3,003 | 573 |
| Vietnam | - | 36 | 1:2,572,864 | 3,269 |
| Hungary | 100% | 34 | 1:287,993 | 1,329 |
| Argentina | 100% | 33 | 1:1,296,159 | 5,960 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 31 | 1:1,653 | 240 |
| Croatia | 100% | 27 | 1:156,188 | 3,094 |
| Tunisia | - | 26 | 1:26,035 | 1,743 |
| Angola | - | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| Belarus | 100% | 24 | 1:395,099 | 2,754 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 23 | 1:2,377 | 477 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 21 | 1:864 | 137 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 21 | 1:4,049 | 166 |
| Iceland | - | 19 | 1:19,264 | 1,346 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| Moldova | - | 15 | 1:237,409 | 2,006 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 15 | 1:421 | 107 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 14 | 1:1,162,381 | 17,251 |
| Latvia | - | 14 | 1:143,975 | 2,251 |
| Bolivia | - | 11 | 1:963,764 | 3,282 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:2,841 | 595 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 11 | 1:1,613,350 | 13,838 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 10 | 1:314 | 48 |
| Central African Republic | - | 9 | 1:501,710 | 504 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 9 | 1:668,704 | 10,329 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Macau | - | 8 | 1:76,026 | 700 |
| Nepal | - | 7 | 1:4,069,622 | 46,681 |
| Ukraine | - | 7 | 1:6,499,987 | 10,516 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 6 | 1:972 | 199 |
| Serbia | - | 6 | 1:1,190,954 | 6,486 |
| Afghanistan | - | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 5 | 1:2,651 | 523 |
| Armenia | 100% | 5 | 1:583,751 | 6,330 |
| El Salvador | - | 5 | 1:1,268,357 | 7,255 |
| Nauru | 100% | 5 | 1:2,385 | 265 |
| Niger | 100% | 5 | 1:3,836,799 | 37,767 |
| Albania | 100% | 4 | 1:761,642 | 22,793 |
| Burundi | - | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Lithuania | - | 4 | 1:737,970 | 2,861 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 4 | 1:1,023,810 | 14,082 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Andorra | - | 3 | 1:27,629 | 798 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Caroliné (16), Carolinè (1) & Caroliñe (1) are calculated separately.
Caroline (20,031) may also be a surname.
Caroline Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. originally an It f. form (Carolina) of Charles (Carlo), which spread to south Germany and was introduced to England by the queen of George II, Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach. It became a favourite English christian name in the 18th C. The usual diminutive is Carrie, but Caro (e.g. Lady Caroline Lamb) and Lina are also used. There is an isolated example of its use as a man’s name; the Rev Caroline Robert Herbert was a godson of Queen Caroline. The spelling Carolyn has recently come into fashion.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
From Carolus, from root of Charles, q. v.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Teutonic (feminine) - Valiant,strong.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Teutonic name, meaning: Virile.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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