Carolyne

Where Carolyne comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Carolyne.

  • Vowel-ended
Carolyne through the years
  1. 1819
    Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein born
    Polish noble
  2. 1882
    First appearance
    #908 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1929
    Carolyne M. Van Vliet born
    American physicist
  4. 1942
    Peak, #717
    108 babies named Carolyne, the most in any year.
  5. 1951
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,462.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein · Polish noble, 1819–1887
  • Carolyne M. Van Vliet · American physicist, 1929–2016
  • Carolyne Mas · singer, artist, musician, born 1955
  • Carolyne Lepage · Canadian judoka, born 1975
  • Carolyne Wanjiku Tharau · Kenyan comedian

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.