Karolina

given name · Latin script

Meaning: a female given name, equivalent to English Caroline

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/karɔlina/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Karolina is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country, where it is the 52nd most common given name.

rarermore common
  • PLPoland1 in 130(measured from records)
  • CZCzechia1 in 145
  • CLChile≈1 in 211as Carolina

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Karolina itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Poland (measured from records)

295,015 people, 2026

#263 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

5 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
472 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 130 (inferred from the name graph)

Poland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

CarolinaLatin(measured from records)
КаролинаCyrillic(measured from records)
ԿարոլինաArmenian(measured from records)
ΚαρολιναGreek(measured from records)
კაროლინაGeorgian(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Carolina in AR Argentina, BR Brazil, CL Chile and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a female given name, equivalent to English Caroline

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Karolina counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Karolina is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PL Poland#52295,0151 in 130295KKarolina241
US United States—199,035as Caroline1 in 1.7K199KCarolina472
BR Brazil#84195,454as Caroline1 in 1.1K214KCarolina252
CO Colombia#22≈120,000 est.≈1 in 407115Carolina235
AR Argentina#91≈110,000 est.≈1 in 398275Carolina190
CL Chile#26≈86,000 est.≈1 in 21174Carolina197
CZ Czechia#16173,9941 in 14574KKarolina124
SE Sweden#59633,781as Caroline1 in 30234KKarolina74
PT Portugal#58≈28,000 est.≈1 in 370709Carolina161

295,015 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20), 2026. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); the co-datosgov-candidates register; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; MVČR — living population register 2017; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); IRN — Nomes próprios mais frequentes (2017–2023). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Karolina is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name79 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Germany, Venezuela

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, English

    Also written Karolína, Karólína, Kärölïnä, K'Arolina, Karo-Lina

  • Finnish given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, Finland, Estonia, United States

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Kärölinä, Kärölïnä, Karolinä, Karolína, Kãrölïnä

  • Hungarian given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, United States, United Kingdom, Sweden

    Also written Karolína, Kárólíná, Kärölïnä, Ķãrolinä

  • Indonesian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Peru, United States, Spain

    Also written Karolína

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Karólína, Karolína, Karolīna

  • Swahili given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Tanzania, United States, United Kingdom, Kenya

    Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

    Also written Karolína, Kàrolinà

  • English given name187 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada

    Languages: English, Spanish, German

    Also written Carolyn, Carlota, Carolin, Karolyn, Carolina

49 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Karolina is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Polish, Caroline

    as a namePolish Personal Names (CIA Foreign Names Studies, ch. 24)

  • Scandinavian, Polish, and Czech form of CAROLINE .

    as a word

  • In Swedish, a female given name from Latin Carolina or French Caroline, masculine equivalent Karl

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1700180019002000Karoline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt, b. 1723Ani Lorak, b. 1978Tuva Matilda Moa Karolina Hedström, b. 1979Karolina Gočeva, b. 1980Karolina Wydra, b. 1981Karolína Kurková, b. 1984Karolina Šprem, b. 1984Karolína Plíšková, b. 1992Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, b. 1994Karolína Muchová, b. 1996

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalCześć Karolina,Hi Karolina, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 76 sources across 40 countries.

Official registers attesting Karolina
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—295K#18
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)2026295K#18
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—21K#198
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)202211K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—11K#1,622
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—7.9K#2,504
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20206.3K#3,359
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20206.1K—
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—6.1K#244
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—3K#268
PL PolandMinistry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present)2025472—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)2020215—

Reference works 4

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Karolina mean, and where does it come from?
a female given name, equivalent to English Caroline Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Karolina a male or female name?
Karolina is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Karolina?
In the etymology graph, Carolyn, Carolina and Carla are forms of the same name in other languages; Lina, Lili and Kaja are recorded short or pet forms.
In which country does Karolina have the most bearers?
In Poland, the national register counted about 295 thousand people named Karolina, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled karolina.
Where is Karolina most common?
Karolina is densest in Poland, where the national register counts about 1 in 130 people carrying it.
How do you pronounce Karolina?
A machine transcription gives /karɔlina/ (IPA) for Polish.
How common is the name Karolina?
In Poland, the national register counted 295,015 people named Karolina in 2026, about 1 in 130 residents.
How common is Karolina compared with other names?
In Poland, Karolina is the 52nd most common given name of 25,969 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Karolina” — the 52nd most common given name in Poland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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