Caroline has a permanent seat at the adult table. The name is a feminine form of Charles, from the Germanic karl, a free man, and arrived in English via French royal courts and queens named Caroline of Brandenburg, Ansbach, and Monaco. It gave its name to two American colonies, an entire southern region, and Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline. It sits steadily around the top 92, a quiet preppy anchor in a sea of trendier choices. Three syllables with a long back vowel, the name reads as composed, gracious, a little debutante in the best sense. Caroline has the air of someone who writes actual thank-you notes.
Popularity
1880 to today
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Sibling name ideas
- Sofia
- Amelia
- Eleanor
- Charles
- Elizabeth
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- Sofia
- Amelia
- Eleanor
- Elizabeth
- Evelyn
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