Karolina

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Norwegian
Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

Nordic spelling of Carolina (see also -lina)

Related Names

See Carolina

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Karolinuson

Female

Karolinudóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Karolina
Genitive:	Karolinas

- Faroese
Nominative:	Karolina
Accusative:	Karolinu
Dative:	Karolinu
Genitive:	Karolinu

- Finnish
Nominative:	Karolina
Genitive:	Karolinan
Partitive:	Karolinaa

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Karolina
Genitive:	Karolinas

- Swedish
Nominative:	Karolina
Genitive:	Karolinas

Name Days

Faroe Islands

28 June

Finland (Swedish Language)

20 May

Sweden

20 May

Further Information

• Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name

Earliest Documented Usage

• Finland: 18th century

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1885-1909
• Denmark:
  • early 20th century
• Norway:
  • early 20th century
  • 2000-

Predominant Regional Usage

• Norway:
  • Hordaland
  • Sogn og Fjordane
• Sweden:
  • Värmland (19th century) see map
  • Öland (19th century) see map
  • Närke (19th century)
  • Västmanland (19th century) see map
  • Östergötland (19th century) see map
  • Uppland (19th century) see map see map
  • Småland (19th century) see map
  • Blekinge (19th century) see map

Namesakes

• Karolina Olivia Widerström (10 December 1856 – 4 March 1949), Swedish doctor, feminist and politician; first female physician with a university education in Sweden

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		6144	21485	6144	21483	0	2
Finland		n.a.	4265	n.a.	4265	0	0
Denmark		706	n.a.	706	n.a.	0	n.a.
Iceland		213	270	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland		0	7	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		1297	n.a.	1297	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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Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Karolina (f) in Sweden in the year 1880.