Caro

Where Caro comes from

The dictionaries list Caro as a given name — a diminutive of the female given name Caroline — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1883
    Debut at its peak, #920
    #920 among girls with 5 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1884
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1949
    Caro Lucas born
    Iranian scientist
  4. 1994
    Caro Cult born
    German actress
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Caroline.
Namesakes
  • Caro Lucas · Iranian scientist, 1949–2010
  • Caro Cult · German actress, born 1994
  • Caro Dawes · Second Lady of the US, 1866–1957
  • Caro Roma · American opera singer and composer, 1866–1937
  • Caro van Eyck · Dutch actress, 1915–1979

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.