Caroline at a glance
- Meaning
- “free man”
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Germanic
- Pronunciation
- KAR-uh-lyn
- Nicknames
- Carrie, Caro, Carol
- Other forms
- Carolina, Carolyn, Karoline
Where the name Caroline comes from
Caroline is a French feminine form of Carolus, the Latin form of Charles, which comes from a Germanic word for a free man. It came to Britain with Caroline of Ansbach, the German wife of King George II, in the 18th century. It has stayed in steady use ever since.