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Carole

What does Carole mean?

Carole Pronunciation of Carole as a name for girls is of Old German origin, and the name Carole means "free man". Carole is an alternate spelling of Carol (Old German): originally a male name. Carole is also a variant of Caroline (Old German).

STARTS/ENDS WITH Ca-, -le

Variations

VARIANTS Keryl, Kerryl, Kerril, Karyll, Karyl, Karryll, Karryl, Karole, Karol, Karel, Caryll, Caryle, Caryl, Carroll, Carrol, Caroll, Cariel, Carel

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA CAROL, CAROLINE Callie, Caraleen, Caralin, Caraline, Caralyn, Caralyne, Carely, Carey, Cari, Carileen, Carilena, Carilis, Carilyn, Carla, Carlan, Carleen, Carlein, Carlen, Carlene, Carley, Carlin, Carline, Carllen, Carlota, Carly, Carlyn, Carlyne, Caro, Carola, Carolan, Carolann, Carolanne, Carolee, Carolein, Carolena, Carolin, Carolina, Carollyn, Caroly, Carolyn, Carolyne, Carolynn, Carolynne, Carri, Carrie, Carrola, Carrolyn, Carry, Cary, Charla, Charyl, Karla, Karlen, Karli, Karlie, Karlote, Karolin, Karoline, Karolyn, Karolyne

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Carole Damaris (C.D.), ..

How popular is Carole?

Carole is a very popular first name for women (#275 out of 4276, Top 6%) and a slightly less popular last name for all people (#75466 out of 150436, Top 50%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Carole entered the list in 1910-1919 and reached its top rank of #57 in the U.S. during the years 1940-1949, but is not ranked at the moment. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Carole name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Carole outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Callie (#190 FROM RECENT DATA), Carey, Cari, Carla (#1022), Carleen, Carlene, Carley (#1443), Carline, Carlota, Carly (#483), Carlyn, Caro, Carol (#1788), Carola, Carolann, Carolee, Carolin, Carolina (#425), Caroline (#55), Caroll, Carolyn (#860), Carolyne, Carolynn, Carolynne, Carri, Carrie (#1768), Carrol, Carroll, Carry, Cary, Caryl, Charla, Karel, Karla (#626), Karli (#1831), Karlie (#1054), Karol, Karole, Karoline (#1893), Karolyn and Karyl are the popular related forms of Carole listed in the Top 2000. Other variants, like Carlyne, are seldom used. These relations of Carole were at the top of their popularity during the years 1940-1949 (MEDIAN #1128) and have become much less conventional since (#1700, 87%), with forms such as Carly becoming less fashionable. Callie and Caroline are two of the more chic birth names here.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Carole, Callie, Carey, Cari, Carla in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Carleen, Carlene, Carley, Carline, Carlota in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Carly, Carlyn, Caro, Carol, Carola in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Carolann, Carolee, Carolin, Carolina, Caroline in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Caroll, Carolyn, Carolyne, Carolynn, Carolynne in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Carri, Carrie, Carrol, Carroll, Carry in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Cary, Caryl, Charla, Karel, Karla in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Karli, Karlie, Karol, Karole, Karoline in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Karolyn, Karyl in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Callie, Carla, Carly, Carolina, Caroline outside U.S.

Similar Names

Carole is alike in pronunciation to Coral. Other recommended sound-alike names are Camile, Caralea, Caralee, Caralia, Caralie, Caree, Carie, Carine, Carlah, Carle, Carleah, Carlee, Carli, Carlia, Carlie, Carlla, Carlye, Carmie, Carolien, Caron, Caronn (see Karen), Caronne, Caroyln, Carree, Charela (see Harela), Charell, Charelle, Charil, Charill (see Charlotte), Charle, Charlea, Charlee, Charley, Charli, Charlie, Charly, Cheryle, Cole, Coralee, Coralie, Coraly, Corelie, Corlee, Corley, Corlie, Corly, Creola, Creole, Cyrille and Lacole. These names tend to be less commonly used than Carole.

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