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What does Carolyne mean?
Carolyne 
as a name for girls is of Old German origin, and the meaning of Carolyne is "free man". Carolyne is a variant form of Caroline (Old German): from the French respelling of Carolina.
Variations
VARIANTS Karolynne, Karolynn, Karolyne, Karolyn, Karoline, Karolin, Karilynn, Karilyn, Karelyn, Karalynne, Karalyn, Karaline, Karaleen, Carrolyn, Carolynne, Carolynn▼, Carolyn▼, Carollyn, Carolin, Carolein, Carolanne, Carolann▼, Carolan, Carilynne, Carilyn, Carileen, Caralynn, Caralyne, Caralyn, Caraline, Caralin, Caraleen
OTHER FORMS VIA CAROLINE Carilena, Carlan, Carlen, Carlene▼, Carlin, Carlina, Carline, Carllen, Carly▼, Carlyn, Carlyna, Carlyne, Carlynn, Carlynne, Carol▼, Carola, Carole▼, Caroliana, Carolina, Caroll, Charlene▼, Charline▼, Charlyne, Karlene, Karolina, Karolyna, Sharlyne
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Carolyne Kodi (C.K.), ..
How popular is Carolyne?
Carolyne is a somewhat prominent first name for females (#2546 out of 4276, Top 60%) but an unusual surname for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Carolyne reached its top rank of #896 in the U.S. in the 1940s, but is not ranked at the moment. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Prominent variation forms of Carolyne listed in the Top 2000 are Carlene, Carline, Carly (#483 A YEAR AGO), Carlyn, Carol (#1788), Carola, Carolann, Carole, Carolin, Carolina (#425), Caroline (#55), Caroll, Carolyn (#860), Carolynn, Carolynne, Charlene (#1813), Charline, Charlyne, Karlene, Karolina (#1910), Karoline (#1893) and Karolyn. Usage of these relations of Carolyne was more pronounced among parents 78 years ago (ADOPTION OF 4%) and is now much reduced (ADOPTION 0.4%, DOWN 90.7%), with forms such as Carol becoming less trendy. Caroline is the most contemporarily stylish birth name in this compilation.
Similar Names
Carolyne is alike in pronunciation to Carolien, Carylon, Coraline▲, Coralyn, Coralyne and Karalynn. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Caelyn▼, Cailyn▼, Caitlyn▼, Calynn, Caraleena, Carely, Carine, Carinne, Carle, Carlein, Carlena, Carlinda, Carling, Carlonda, Carlye, Carlyjo (see Carla), Carmaine, Carolena, Caronn (see Karen), Caroyln, Carrine, Caryle, Carynn, Cataline, Cateline, Cathlyne, Catlyn, Catlynn, Caylyn, Charalyn, Charalynne (see Cherilyn), Charelynn (see Cherilyn), Charilynn (see Cherilyn), Charlayne, Charleene, Charlyn, Charlynn, Cheralyn, Cherilyn, Cherilynne (see Cherilyn), Cherlyne, Cherylyn, Coralina, Coralline (see Coral), Corryne, Darlene▼, Darline, Darolyn, Daryline, Earline▼, Haroldene, Harolyn, Karline, Karlyn, Karlyne, Karole, Laralyn, Madelyne, Maralyn, Marilyn▼, Marilynn▼, Marlane, Marlene▼, Marlynn, Marylyn, Rolyne, Saralyn, Saralynn and Sharolyn. These names tend to be less commonly used than Carolyne.
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