With an aristocratic tone, 'Caroline' means 'free man', coming etymologically from the Old German. It is also the feminine form of the French 'Charles', which is why one variant for the name is Charlene. The adjective means 'pertaining to Charles' as Carolus means Charles in French (via Latin). Parents.com notes that "the Italian feminine form of Charles considered a classic by today's standards. Brought into England during the 18th century by the queen consort of George II, Caroline of Brunswick. It was fashionable during the 19th century but started to lose its appeal during the 20th century." Famous Carolines include Caroline Rhea the actress and comedian, Princess Caroline, daughter of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier of Monaco. BabyNameFacts.com ranks Caroline in the top hundred girls' names in the United States in every year from 1994. Its most popular year, when it was ranked 62nd, was 2001. It gained in popularity in the 1980s and 1990s, perhaps encouraged by Grace Kelly's choice. Baby names are personal to the parents when they choose the names they do, either because it was the name of a close ancestor or starts with the initial letter of that ancestor, or because they hope the child will grow up to have the characteristics of someone who also has the same name. Perhaps there are now many Carolines with aspirations to become princesses, or being witches who are aunts of girls called Sabrina, as Caroline Rhea's Aunt Hilda was in Sabrina, The Teenage Witch.
It is a girls name.It means beautiful women.Usually she is very smart and is independent.The type that would travel to where she wants.Not really a relationship type,but when one comes around they automatically cling on to the lucky person.Easy to fall in love.
Caroline is a girl's name. It is of French, Latin or Italian origin. It is the feminine form of Charles, Karl or Carolus. It was first brought to England with its connotations by the queen of George II. It is an old fashioned name and has an aristocratic and majestic aura. Its meaning is 'strong melody or song in Old German language.
It also means little or womanly in Latin. Caroline also refers to a beautiful human being. It is a common name and there are many girls by this name. it relates to period of time during King Charles I or Charles II of England. It is pronounced as Kare-a-line or Kare-a-lin. Thus this name has various meanings in different languages. There are many versions of this name like Carolyn, Carrie, Carla, Carol, Carolina and so on.
Indeed one of the most beautiful names. Caroline is a name girl’s name and is very popular among the female gender.The meaning of the name Caroline is “beautiful woman”.
The name Caroline is of French, Latin and Italian origin.The name is known to have a very formal, refined and an old-fashioned aura. The name Caroline has almost 84 variants.
My names caroline , I love having this name so much and its just perfect ! I've always thought it meant "song of joy" which I always sing (: But I like "strong , womanly , beautiful" ! And I thought it was french forsure , but I love it ! <3
My name is Caroline, beautiful woman, song of joy. Sometimes I don't feel that way but I do get get comments like what a beautiful southern name, or its associated with smouldering beautiful and smart Carolines ie; Caroline kennedy. Either way I'm proud of my name and I try live up to its expectations.
The name Caroline pronounced Kare-a-line or Kare-a-lin is an extremely popular name mainly of old German origin and is the feminine form of Charles and Carl the latter with Latin shades (from Carolinus). The name is derived from the Old Germanic word 'ceorl' which means freeholder and is believed to have become famous since Charlemagne (Carolus Magnus) the first Holy Roman Emperor in the ninth century.
Out of various names derived from the original, Caroline or Carolina is the oldest and most famous. The name has royal and aristocratic connotations (queen of King George II of England) and also symbolizes joy or songs of happiness. It has a number of forms like Carla, Carley, Carolyn, Carrie, Cary, Carol, Carola, Karol, Charlene, Karolin, Carolina and Leena. Famous personalities include Princess Caroline of Monaco and comedienne Carolin Rhea among others.
Finally people name'd Caroline I never meet people with the same name as me and I know for a fact that well I don't remember what country but I'll look it up but anyways it mean 's sunshine in my friends language!!! Sunshine
I didn't know Caroline was such a common name! My name is Caroline and the only other Caroline I have ever met is my recently diseased Great- Grandmother... I was named after her and I love the name.
