Meaning of name Carolyn

The name Carolyn has the following meaning:

This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

As a baby girl name, Carolyn is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 397 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Carolyn fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 12 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 689 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Carolyn in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Carolyn is very likely a(n) English variant of the name Carol. See other suggested English baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Carol.

The following names are baby names related to Carolyn and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Carolyn: Boys - Alton, Asbury, Brent, Burr, Darnell, Darvin, Denham, Deshaun, Deshawn, Dryden, Elwin, Elwood, Handy, Hayes, Melton, Newman, Norville, Ralph, Wilfred, Winfred, Girls - Anjanette, Delma, Elda, Janae, Latrice, Lenna, Lollie, Lovie, Maryjo, Pamela, Tamia, Both genders - Harper, Haven, Jami, Storm

The name Carolyn is a variant of Carol. Other popular variants of the name Carol are: Caral, Carey, Cari, Cariel, Carla (Latin), Carlota (Spanish), Carlotta (Italian), Carlynn, Carlynne, Carola, Carole, Carolee, Carolena, Carolenia, Carolin, Carolina, Carolinda, Caroline, Caroll, Caroly, Carolyn, Carolynn, Carolynne, Carri, Carrolyn, Carry, Caryle, Caryll, Carylle, Charla, Charleen, Charlena, Charlene, Charlotta (Swedish), Charmain, Charmian, Charmion, Charyl, Cherlyn, Kari, Karinka, Karla (German), Karleen, Karlina, Karlite, Karlotta (German), Karole, Karolina, Karrole, Karryl, Karryll, Karyl, Karyll, Kerril, Kerryl, Keryl, Loleta, Lotta, Lotte, Lotti, Lottie, Sharleen, Sharlene, Sharline, Sharmain, Sharmian

We think the name Carolyn should fall under the following style category: For Both Genders.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Carolyn to be: Family oriented and fun-loving woman

In one word, you might describe Carolyn as a(n) "family oriented" person.

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