Carolina
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Carolina is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country, where it is the 52nd most common given name. Recorded meaning: Carolina (Karolina) är en femininform till latinets Carolus (→ Karl).
- CLChile≈1 in 211(inferred from the name graph)
- PTPortugal≈1 in 370
- ARArgentina≈1 in 398
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Carolina itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Poland (measured from records)
- #263 (measured from records)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 472 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 211 (inferred from the name graph)
295,015 named Karolina, 2026
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Chile, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Karolina in PL Poland, CZ Czechia, SE Sweden.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Carolina (Karolina) är en femininform till latinets Carolus (→ Karl). Namnet var mycket populärt under 1800-talet, då ofta stavat med K. I både den rikssvenska och finlandssvenska almanackan 20 maj. I den sydsvenska folktraditionen skulle man så lin på Karolinadagen, vilket ansågs föra lycka med sig.
Sources 1
- Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Carolina counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | #52 | 295,015as Karolina | 1 in 130 | 295K | Karolina | 241 |
| US United States | — | 199,035as Caroline | 1 in 1.7K | 199K | Carolina | 472 |
| BR Brazil | #84 | 195,454as Caroline | 1 in 1.1K | 214K | Carolina | 252 |
| CO Colombia | #22 | ≈120,000 est. | ≈1 in 407 | 115 | Carolina | 235 |
| AR Argentina | #91 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 398 | 275 | Carolina | 190 |
| CL Chile | #26 | ≈86,000 est. | ≈1 in 211 | 74 | Carolina | 197 |
| CZ Czechia | #161 | 73,994as Karolína | 1 in 145 | 74K | Karolina | 124 |
| ES Spain | #79 | 69,667 | 1 in 718 | 70K | Carolina | 230 |
| SE Sweden | #596 | 33,781as Caroline | 1 in 302 | 34K | Karolina | 74 |
| PT Portugal | #58 | ≈28,000 est. | ≈1 in 370 | 709 | Carolina | 161 |
295,015 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20), 2026. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); the co-datosgov-candidates register; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); MVČR — living population register 2017; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); IRN — Nomes próprios mais frequentes (2017–2023). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Carolina is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Spanish, Diminutivo femenino de Carlos.
as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios
In English, J. early American colony
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, city, Puerto Rico
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In French, Forme féminine de Charles, du germanique Karl « homme libre ».
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Féminin de Charles, germanique karl, « homme libre ».
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Princess Maria Carolina, Duchess of Berryb. 1798ITTwo Sicilian Royal (1798-1870)
- Infanta Marie Anne of Portugalb. 1861NLnot in their usual nameGrand Duchess consort and regent of Luxembourg (1861-1942)
- Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugalb. 1862PTnot in their usual nameTitular Duchess of Parma (1862–1959)
- Natalia Verbekeb. 1975ARnot in their usual nameArgentine-Spanish actress
- Carolina Klüftb. 1983SESwedish heptathlete and long jumper
- Carolina Kostnerb. 1987ITItalian figure skater (born 1987)
- Karol Gb. 1991COnot in their usual nameColombian singer and songwriter
- Carolina Yusteb. 1991ESSpanish actress
- Carolina Marínb. 1993ESSpanish badminton player
- Eva De Dominicib. 1995ARnot in their usual nameArgentinian actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 112 sources across 53 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 191K | #272 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 174K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 174K | #189 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 70K | #135 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 69K | #736 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 67K | #72 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 16K | #263 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 6K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 3.9K | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 1.1K | #476 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 1.1K | #476 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 769 | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Carolina?
- In the etymology graph, Carolyn, Carla and Caroline are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Is Carolina a male or female name?
- Carolina is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Carolina have the most bearers?
- In Poland, the national register counted about 295 thousand people named Karolina, more than in any other country we hold.
- What does the name Carolina mean?
- Recorded meaning: Carolina (Karolina) är en femininform till latinets Carolus (→ Karl).
- How common is the name Carolina?
- In Spain, the national register counted 69,667 people named Carolina, about 1 in 718 residents.
- How common is Carolina compared with other names?
- In Poland, Carolina is the 52nd most common given name of 25,969 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/carolinaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Carolina” — the 52nd most common given name in Poland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.