THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Caroline
Caroline is recorded as a female given name in Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Caroline.
Pronunciation & syllables
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English
- /ˈkæɹ.əˌlaɪn/Boston · New-York-City · Received-Pronunciation · Southern-US
- /ˈkæɹ.əˌlɪn/Boston · New-York-City · Received-Pronunciation · Southern-US
- /ˈkɛɹ.əˌlaɪn/General-American
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
From English Caroline, borrowed from the French form of Carolina, feminine derivative of Carolus, the Latin equivalent of Charles, which came from Middle High German Karl.
a female given name from English
Wiktionary: Caroline (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed in the 17th century from French Caroline, from Italian Carolina or its etymon Latin Carolīna, from Latin Carolus (“Charles”), from Middle High German Karl, + -īna (feminine diminutive suffix). By surface analysis, Carol (male given name) + -ine (feminine diminutive suffix). Doublet of Carolina.
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Wiktionary: Caroline (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Caroline
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Caroline Hau
author and academic
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
3
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
2
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Caroline Subijano, Caroline Hau
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Caroline in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Caroline
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Carolina♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Carlene♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Carolyn♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Froline·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Adeline♀Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Armine♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Caitlin♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Carina♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Caroline?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Caroline further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q16275172 — Caroline (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Caroline Subijano (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q16275172 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Caroline Hau (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q16275172 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Caroline (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Caroline (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.