Caroline

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
Finnish
Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

Danish (also French and English) form of Carolina (see also -line)

Related Names

See Carolina

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Caroline
Genitive:	Carolines

- Finnish
Nominative:	Caroline
Genitive:	Carolinen
Partitive:	Carolinea

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Caroline
Genitive:	Carolines

- Swedish
Nominative:	Caroline
Genitive:	Carolines

Name Day

Finland (Swedish Language)

20 May

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden: 1785

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1950-
  • 1970-1999
• Denmark:
  • early 20th century
  • 1995-

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden:
  • Sydsverige
  • Östsverige

Namesakes

• Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark and Iceland (Caroline-Mathilde Louise Dagmar Christine Maud Augusta Ingeborg Thyra Adelheid, 1912–1995)

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 3973 people were named Caroline (percentage of first or only given name: 22 %)

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		18727	33229	18727	33227	0	2
Denmark		12189	n.a.	12189	n.a.	0	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	1749	n.a.	1749	0	0
Iceland		18	31	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland		6	16	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		5626	n.a.	5626	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

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