Carolyn Forename
1,047th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 884,598 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man
Carolyn 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 ForenameCarolyn Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 723,403 | 1:501 | 88 |
| England | 100% | 38,349 | 1:1,450 | 280 |
| Canada | 100% | 31,512 | 1:1,051 | 237 |
| Australia | - | 18,276 | 1:747 | 169 |
| Philippines | 99% | 16,098 | 1:6,585 | 1,022 |
| Malawi | 100% | 10,851 | 1:1,577 | 314 |
| New Zealand | - | 5,286 | 1:858 | 200 |
| Scotland | 100% | 4,078 | 1:1,312 | 237 |
| South Africa | 100% | 3,381 | 1:16,129 | 2,397 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 2,486 | 1:3,279 | 361 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,225 | 1:1,391 | 296 |
| Kenya | 100% | 2,035 | 1:22,755 | 2,125 |
| Bahamas | - | 1,646 | 1:243 | 31 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,461 | 1:1,973 | 438 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1,408 | 1:29,089 | 2,085 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1,386 | 1:128,113 | 6,574 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,340 | 1:7,785 | 992 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,124 | 1:24,009 | 1,692 |
| Chile | 100% | 1,028 | 1:17,128 | 1,007 |
| Israel | 100% | 916 | 1:9,173 | 1,207 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 843 | 1:2,186 | 349 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 830 | 1:36,687 | 3,234 |
| Germany | 100% | 752 | 1:128,561 | 2,433 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 699 | 1:44,081 | 5,366 |
| Ireland | 100% | 659 | 1:7,046 | 599 |
| Bangladesh | - | 550 | 1:289,930 | 13,006 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 545 | 1:2,498 | 483 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 514 | 1:165 | 53 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 514 | 1:32,883 | 2,621 |
| Thailand | 100% | 443 | 1:158,162 | 11,362 |
| Samoa | - | 411 | 1:475 | 140 |
| China | - | 398 | 1:3,432,301 | 49,393 |
| Barbados | - | 386 | 1:751 | 175 |
| France | 100% | 384 | 1:173,100 | 3,027 |
| Vanuatu | - | 371 | 1:706 | 186 |
| Brazil | 100% | 332 | 1:645,290 | 19,452 |
| Singapore | 100% | 331 | 1:18,994 | 3,593 |
| Zambia | - | 312 | 1:50,817 | 3,177 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 307 | 1:11,564 | 712 |
| Peru | 100% | 297 | 1:107,042 | 3,732 |
| Belize | 100% | 281 | 1:1,261 | 272 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 252 | 1:2,305 | 380 |
| Guyana | 100% | 250 | 1:3,053 | 598 |
| India | 100% | 250 | 1:4,859,512 | 187,636 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 244 | 1:63,212 | 5,152 |
| Egypt | - | 239 | 1:384,523 | 11,247 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 212 | 1:22,490 | 1,452 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 212 | 1:38,743 | 1,938 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 210 | 1:143,819 | 5,819 |
| Poland | 100% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Panama | 100% | 186 | 1:21,003 | 2,038 |
| Suriname | 100% | 181 | 1:3,054 | 705 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 163 | 1:673 | 118 |
| Fiji | - | 144 | 1:6,197 | 1,398 |
| Spain | 100% | 143 | 1:325,384 | 5,175 |
| Guernsey | - | 141 | 1:449 | 117 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 131 | 1:759 | 117 |
| Sweden | 100% | 123 | 1:80,146 | 3,669 |
| Liberia | 100% | 119 | 1:37,076 | 2,144 |
| Bermuda | - | 118 | 1:549 | 90 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 114 | 1:141,302 | 2,593 |
| Mexico | 100% | 111 | 1:1,118,418 | 8,641 |
| Jersey | - | 108 | 1:926 | 206 |
| Ecuador | - | 94 | 1:188,584 | 3,338 |
| Hong Kong | - | 93 | 1:83,363 | 2,733 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 92 | 1:666 | 114 |
| Portugal | - | 92 | 1:113,162 | 2,965 |
| Japan | - | 91 | 1:1,406,440 | 17,197 |
| Bahrain | - | 89 | 1:15,154 | 2,209 |
| Indonesia | - | 88 | 1:2,931,405 | 135,425 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 87 | 1:399 | 51 |
| Belgium | 100% | 86 | 1:133,605 | 3,992 |
| Guam | - | 77 | 1:2,086 | 455 |
| Brunei | - | 76 | 1:5,521 | 567 |
| Italy | 100% | 73 | 1:836,467 | 7,637 |
| Austria | 100% | 68 | 1:125,209 | 2,355 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 65 | 1:844 | 164 |
| Norway | 100% | 60 | 1:85,539 | 2,933 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 59 | 1:402,876 | 25,488 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 59 | 1:121,220 | 8,743 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 58 | 1:15,019 | 1,107 |
| Qatar | 100% | 49 | 1:48,359 | 6,334 |
| Greece | 100% | 48 | 1:227,803 | 4,386 |
| Honduras | 100% | 48 | 1:183,697 | 4,488 |
| Estonia | 100% | 40 | 1:32,884 | 2,271 |
| Malta | - | 40 | 1:10,734 | 1,062 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 39 | 1:1,353,547 | 21,019 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 38 | 1:822 | 162 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Grenada | 100% | 33 | 1:3,277 | 608 |
| Denmark | - | 32 | 1:176,547 | 4,105 |
| Colombia | 100% | 31 | 1:1,541,256 | 14,557 |
| American Samoa | - | 26 | 1:2,148 | 357 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 26 | 1:131,832 | 2,999 |
| Sudan | - | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 23 | 1:2,377 | 477 |
| Czechia | 100% | 22 | 1:484,371 | 2,465 |
| Botswana | - | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 21 | 1:5,313 | 910 |
| El Salvador | - | 19 | 1:333,778 | 3,659 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 18 | 1:736 | 98 |
| South Korea | - | 18 | 1:308,023 | 9,744 |
| Georgia | - | 17 | 1:219,910 | 5,750 |
| Marshall Islands | 92% | 15 | 1:3,415 | 513 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Croatia | 100% | 10 | 1:421,708 | 5,130 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 10 | 1:601,834 | 9,645 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 9 | 1:804,089 | 6,114 |
| Hungary | 100% | 8 | 1:1,223,971 | 3,159 |
| Turkey | 100% | 8 | 1:9,725,214 | 31,896 |
| Argentina | 100% | 7 | 1:6,110,463 | 14,292 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 7 | 1:2,535,264 | 17,782 |
| Monaco | 100% | 6 | 1:6,411 | 917 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 6 | 1:972 | 199 |
| Lebanon | - | 5 | 1:1,125,514 | 9,179 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 5 | 1:35,563 | 3,018 |
| Bolivia | - | 4 | 1:2,650,351 | 4,903 |
| Cambodia | - | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 4 | 1:5,402,626 | 68,032 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| Micronesia | - | 4 | 1:26,625 | 714 |
| Montserrat | - | 4 | 1:1,219 | 202 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Pakistan | - | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Finland | 80% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Jordan | - | 3 | 1:2,942,258 | 8,136 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Armenia | - | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Moldova | - | 2 | 1:1,780,570 | 7,407 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Russia | 50% | 2 | 1:72,116,852 | 125,484 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:73,827,605 | 146,761 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Latvia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
Carolyn (2,174) may also be a surname.
Carolyn 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
Carolyn Forename Popularity
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Sample size: 12 (2018)
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