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Karolina

Gender
Girl
Say it
ka-ro-LEE-na
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#2,206 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,261 for girls

Karolina is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “feminine of Karl, free man”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 1,261st for girls in the US (177 babies).

What does Karolina mean?

Germanic: Polish, Czech and Scandinavian form of Caroline

“feminine of Karl, free man”

Polish, Czech and Scandinavian form of Caroline, itself a feminine of Charles.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Karolina a girl's or a boy's name?

Karolina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 177 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Karolina in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,206among girls
Babies in 2025
13about 1 in 21,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling fastdown 73% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Karolina, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,147th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 108 girls.

Half of all the girls named Karolina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 33 girls in the UK were given Karolina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #977, up from #2,206 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 108 in 20092025
Karolina in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202513#2,206
202410#2,644
202316#1,873
202219#1,667
202117#1,794
202031#1,147
201951#800
201863#691
201758#754
201673#631
201571#643
201469#644
201383#552
2012102#477
201189#520
201097#479
2009108#439
200873#572
200789#487
200654#655
200528#1,004
200411#1,949
200313#1,649
20029#2,040
20018#2,150
200010#1,792
19990–
19989#1,951
19975#2,896
19965#2,815

How popular is Karolina in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,261among girls
Babies in 2025
177about 1 in 9,100 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 53% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 177 girls in the US were named Karolina, making it the 1,261st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,623rd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 190 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.

Half of all the girls named Karolina in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 946 girls in the US were given Karolina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #352, up from #1,261 for this spelling alone.

1917Busiest: 190 in 20072025
Karolina in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025177#1,261
2024186#1,250
2023165#1,361
2022145#1,497
2021107#1,861
2020128#1,623
2019114#1,789
2018104#1,915
2017124#1,716
2016116#1,785
2015126#1,685
2014134#1,602
2013116#1,761
2012118#1,744
2011124#1,690
2010166#1,388
2009170#1,392
2008156#1,495
2007190#1,288
2006165#1,381
2005156#1,378
2004162#1,313
2003137#1,438
2002125#1,509
2001116#1,594
2000112#1,575
1999103#1,619
199898#1,644
1997108#1,502
199698#1,581
199588#1,665
1994100#1,541
199386#1,721
199256#2,313
199127#3,811
199034#3,222
198934#3,098
198825#3,685
198724#3,621
198612#5,754
198517#4,453
198418#4,165
198315#4,685
198213#5,207
198111#5,884
19807#8,177
19796#9,008
19787#7,647
19776#8,442
19766#8,154
19756#7,982
19740–
19737#6,664
19720–
19710–
19700–
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
19655#6,538
19640–
19635#6,591
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19210–
19205#4,973
19190–
19185#4,807
19175#4,592

Nicknames for Karolina

Names like Karolina

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Sienna Kiara Isabella Eliana Gabriella Arabella Amelia Fatima Keira Zara Ariella Alina

Other spellings of Karolina

Carolina

Names related to Karolina

Karoline Koraline Karolyn Karaline Karlyn Karlin Carlina

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Karolina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karolina, updated 20 October 2026.