Carolina

Where Carolina comes from

From Italian Carolina or its etymon Latin Carolīna, from Carolus (“Charles”) + -īna (feminine diminutive suffix). By surface analysis, Carol (male given name) + -ina (feminine diminutive suffix). Doublet of Caroline. The U.S. states are named for Charles I of England.
— Wiktionary's entry for Carolina
  • Latin
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Carolina through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #466 among girls, with 13 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1983
    Carolina Klüft born
    Swedish heptathlete and long jumper
  3. 1987
    Carolina Kostner born
    Italian figure skater
  4. 2004
    Peak, #254
    1,270 babies named Carolina, the most in any year.
  5. 2021
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #511.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin, Latinate form of Caroline; rare in English.
Namesakes
  • Carolina Klüft · Swedish heptathlete and long jumper, born 1983
  • Carolina Kostner · Italian figure skater, born 1987
  • Carolina Marín · Spanish badminton player, born 1993

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.