Carolina is a feminine given name in Spanish

Spanish language

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, English

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, Italian

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, Portuguese

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, Dutch

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 and French

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. Pronounced kah-ro-LEE-nah (Italian, Spanish and Portuguese), ker-ə-LIEN-ə (English), kar-ə-LIEN-ə (English), Kah-ro-li-nah (Dutch). From the masculine name Carolus which is Latin for Charles

Charles

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 (English). Carolina generally means 'free man' or 'freeholder' but can also mean 'song of happiness or joy' from a French origin.

Variants of the name

• Carla (Dutch, English, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish)
• Carol (English)
• Caroline
  Caroline (given name)
  -XVIIth -XIXth century :*Caroline of Ansbach , queen consort of George II of Great Britain*Caroline of Brunswick , queen consort of George IV of the United Kingdom*Caroline Bonaparte, ,...
  
   (English)
• Carolyn
  Carolyn
  Carolyn is a female given name, originally an alteration of the more ancient name Caroline in the English language. Another spelling is Karolyn....
  
   (English)
• Coraline
  Coraline
  Coraline is a horror/fantasy novella by British author Neil Gaiman, published in 2002 by Bloomsbury and Harper Collins. It was awarded the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Novella, the 2003 Nebula Award for Best Novella, and the 2002 Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers...
  
   (Latin)
• Karol
  Karol
  Karol is a Polish and Slovak version of the name Charles or Carl. It is also used as a Polish translation of Charles or Karl, especially when referring to Charles Dickens , Karl Marx , and Prince Charles .- People with the first name Karol :* Karol Adamiecki, a Polish economist, engineer and...
  
   (Slavic)
• Karolina
  Karolina
  -People named Karolina:*Karolina Bock, Swedish dancer, actress and singer*Karolina Gočeva, Macedonian singer*Karolina Jovanović, Serbian tennis player*Karolina Kosińska, Polish tennis player*Karolina Kuek,the most popular Ukrainian singer...
  
   (Slavic, Polish, Czech, Swedish)
• Karoliina (Finnish)
• Carola
  Carola
  Carola is a female given name, the Latinized form of the Germanic given names Caroline or Carol.Famous people named Carola include:* Carola Dunn, British-American writer...
  
   (German, Swedish)
• Carlynn (Italian)
• Carolynn (Italian)
• Carry (Italian)
• Karleen (German)
• Karlina (German)
• Carlota (Spanish, Portuguese)
• Carlotta (Italian)
• Carly (English)

People with the name include

• Carolina Herrera (disambiguation)
• Carolina Klüft
  Carolina Klüft
  Carolina Evelyn Klüft is a Swedish athlete competing in triple jump, long jump and formerly in heptathlon and pentathlon. She won the Olympic heptathlon title in 2004...
  
  , Swedish athlete
• Carolina Östberg
  Carolina Östberg
  Carolina Östberg was a Swedish opera singer and singing teacher. She was one of the most popular stars of her time in Sweden, and was internationally known....
  
  , Swedish opera singer

Places with the name include

• North Carolina
  North Carolina
  North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
  
   U.S State
• South Carolina
  South Carolina
  South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
  
   U.S State
• Carolina, Alabama
  Carolina, Alabama
  Carolina is a town in Covington County, Alabama, United States. It is located about 80 miles south of Montgomery, Alabama and about 80 miles west of Dothan, Alabama. At the 2000 census the population was 248.-Geography:...
  
   City
• Carolina, Rhode Island
  Carolina, Rhode Island
  Carolina is a village that straddles the border of the towns of Charlestown and Richmond on the Pawcatuck River in Washington County, Rhode Island. Rhode Island Route 112 passes through the village...
  
   City
• Carolina (Maranhão)
  Carolina (Maranhão)
  Carolina is a town and municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil.-References:...
  
   City in Brazil
• Carolina, Mpumalanga
  Carolina, Mpumalanga
  Carolina is a town situated on the Johannesburg to Swaziland route in Mpumalanga province in South Africa. It is a mixed farming and on a small scale coal and precious stone mining community. It was established by Cornelius Coetzee as a permanent outspan for wagons when gold was discovered in 1883...
  
   City in South Africa
• Carolina, Suriname
  Carolina, Suriname
  Carolina is a resort in Suriname, located in the Para District. Its population at the 2004 census was 220.-References:...
  
  City

External links

1. http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Carolina
2. http://www.quickbabynames.com/meaning-of-Carolina.html
3. http://www.behindthename.com/name/carolina