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
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #466 among girls — 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 — more than any year before or since.
  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.