The baby name Karolina is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced English: /ˌkærəˈliːnə/ (ka-ruh-LEE-nuh),Polish/Czech/Slovak: /karɔˈlina/ (ka-roh-LEE-nah),Swedish/German: /kaˈroːliːna/ (ka-roh-LEE-nah).
The baby name Karolina is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced English: /ˌkærəˈliːnə/ (ka-ruh-LEE-nuh),Polish/Czech/Slovak: /karɔˈlina/ (ka-roh-LEE-nah),Swedish/German: /kaˈroːliːna/ (ka-roh-LEE-nah).
Karolina is Czech, Polish in Origin.
Karolina is a Slavic and Scandinavian form of Caroline/Carolina, from the Germanic Karl (Latin Carolus) meaning free man, now read as free person or strong, free. Feminine offshoots of Carolus appeared in medieval records and spread through baptismal and royal naming traditions. Its spread reflects the prestige of Charlemagne and the popularity of the root name across Europe.
Common in Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Swedish, and Norwegian, it appears as Karolína (Czech/Slovak) and Karolīna (Latvian); German favors Karoline. The feminine forms surged in 17th-18th-century courts and remain steady classics. Variants and diminutives include Carolina, Caroline, Karoline, Karola, Karolin, Lina, Kara, Karo, Kari, and Kaja. The core meaning across languages retains the idea of freedom and resilient strength today.
| Karolína Kurková Karolína Kurková is a Czech model best known as a former Victoria’s Secret Angel and for appearing on the cover of Vogue. She became one of fashion’s biggest stars, with photographer Mario Testino praising her striking look and versatility. | Karolina Wydra Karolina Wydra is a Polish-American actress and model best known for her TV roles in House, True Blood, and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. She has also appeared as detective Dianne Kubek in Wicked City and as Zosia in Pluribus. | Karolina Gruszka Karolina Gruszka is a Polish actress best known for her work in film and television. Born on 13 July 1980, she has appeared in more than 30 movies and TV productions since 1996. |
| Name | Last Name(s) | Mother | Mother famous for | Fame Level | Father | Father famous for | Fame Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karolina | Wajda | Andrzej Wajda | film director | ★★★★★ |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | Girls | 2024 | #1 | — | 911 |
| FJ | Girls | 0 | #9 | 1 | 583 |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #9 | 25,419 | 5,096 |
| PL | 0 | #10 | 1,975 | 2,600 | |
| LT | 0 | #18 | 98 | 949 | |
| HN | 0 | #21 | 2 | 704 | |
| LT | Girls | 0 | #29 | 683 | 1,904 |
| HN | Girls | 0 | #31 | 8 | 884 |
| NA | 0 | #33 | 1 | 2,537 | |
| MD | 0 | #34 | 1 | 434 | |
| TM | Girls | 0 | #34 | 2 | 574 |
| EE | 0 | #35 | 3 | 1,051 | |
| MT | 0 | #41 | 3 | 1,767 | |
| Iceland | Girls | 0 | #53 | 10 | 132 |
| CY | 0 | #60 | 1 | 1,632 | |
| LU | 0 | #64 | 3 | 2,830 | |
| AL | 0 | #76 | 1 | 2,372 | |
| JP | 0 | #77 | 1 | 4,057 | |
| SI | 0 | #77 | 4 | 1,612 | |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #79 | 976 | 5,378 |
| BG | 0 | #81 | 2 | 1,799 | |
| MD | Boys | 0 | #81 | 1 | 756 |
| RS | 0 | #84 | 1 | 923 | |
| HR | Girls | 0 | #90 | 471 | 3,687 |
| MD | Girls | 0 | #90 | 3 | 865 |
| ID | Girls | 0 | #101 | 2 | 3,319 |
| HU | 0 | #102 | 13 | 1,675 | |
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| CY | Girls | 0 | #107 | 15 | 3,755 |
| CZ | 0 | #107 | 100 | 3,154 | |
| EE | Girls | 0 | #108 | 31 | 1,888 |
| GE | Girls | 0 | #108 | 1 | 1,564 |
| EC | 0 | #114 | 8 | 2,502 | |
| Norway | Girls | 2021 | #120 | 5 | 430 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #120 | 957 | 8,334 |
| OM | 0 | #121 | 1 | 6,215 | |
| RS | Girls | 0 | #121 | 15 | 1,651 |
| HR | 0 | #122 | 58 | 2,081 | |
| Switzerland | Girls | 2024 | #129 | 7 | 1,786 |
| GR | 0 | #130 | 6 | 3,911 | |
| SI | Girls | 0 | #131 | 44 | 2,769 |
| HU | Girls | 0 | #132 | 108 | 3,308 |
| IR | 0 | #134 | 106 | 4,221 | |
| CR | 0 | #135 | 24 | 5,526 | |
| PA | 0 | #136 | 3 | 3,797 | |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #142 | 10 | 3,773 |
| BW | Girls | 0 | #149 | 3 | 4,216 |
| LT | Boys | 0 | #149 | 3 | 2,166 |
| PR | Girls | 0 | #161 | 7 | 3,171 |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #166 | 59 | 7,146 |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #169 | 17 | 4,850 |
| Sweden | Girls | 2022 | #177 | 3 | 1,568 |
| UY | 0 | #181 | 2 | 2,477 | |
| AE | 0 | #182 | 6 | 10,220 | |
| DK | 0 | #184 | 20 | 5,198 | |
| EC | Girls | 0 | #184 | 56 | 3,650 |
| BG | Girls | 0 | #186 | 38 | 3,559 |
| RU | 0 | #187 | 8 | 3,641 | |
| Austria | 0 | #191 | 23 | 850 | |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #200 | 43 | 6,293 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #214 | 450 | 11,342 |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #220 | 1 | 3,850 |
| AL | Girls | 0 | #222 | 6 | 4,141 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #222 | 3,638 | 16,140 |
| PS | 0 | #225 | 2 | 5,692 | |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #244 | 74 | 7,429 |
| PT | 0 | #245 | 6 | 4,161 | |
| EC | Boys | 0 | #246 | 1 | 3,322 |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #246 | 6 | 6,592 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #252 | 2 | 6,830 |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #259 | 1 | 3,997 |
| Austria | Girls | 0 | #263 | 169 | 1,885 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #263 | 73 | 6,459 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #265 | 294 | 11,913 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #266 | 55 | 5,862 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #273 | 1 | 6,912 |
| IL | 0 | #277 | 6 | 6,291 | |
| Canada | Girls | 2024 | #278 | 8 | 2,795 |
| SG | 0 | #279 | 4 | 11,010 | |
| Finland | Girls | 0 | #284 | 114 | 1,368 |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #289 | 1 | 8,139 |
| Finland | 0 | #290 | 18 | 830 | |
| GT | 0 | #293 | 22 | 5,948 | |
| PE | 0 | #295 | 16 | 6,350 | |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #296 | 1 | 6,578 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #298 | 8 | 6,530 |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #301 | 189 | 9,861 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #307 | 10 | 15,378 |
| BR | 0 | #315 | 31 | 5,969 | |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #328 | 835 | 4,949 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #336 | 4 | 7,570 |
| CO | 0 | #341 | 144 | 7,768 | |
| MX | 0 | #342 | 72 | 8,339 | |
| BO | 0 | #345 | 37 | 6,868 | |
| NL | 0 | #352 | 40 | 2,481 | |
| Germany | 0 | #354 | 85 | 2,542 | |
| MY | 0 | #354 | 1 | 12,352 | |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #355 | 5 | 8,829 |
| HK | 0 | #357 | 1 | 8,483 | |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #357 | 6 | 8,539 |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #358 | 1 | 7,678 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #366 | 145 | 7,500 |
| CL | 0 | #386 | 26 | 6,867 | |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #389 | 1 | 7,057 |
| France | Girls | 2020 | #390 | 5 | 3,215 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #408 | 747 | 5,933 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #410 | 42 | 7,952 |
| EG | 0 | #412 | 1 | 6,387 | |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #412 | 2 | 5,922 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #416 | 9 | 15,987 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #429 | 788 | 14,861 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| Spain | 0 | #430 | 23 | 2,326 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #436 | 1,494 | 17,781 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #456 | 495 | 14,098 |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #459 | 400 | 3,895 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #466 | 151 | 9,488 |
| ZA | 0 | #472 | 3 | 14,421 | |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #474 | 37 | 6,731 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #481 | 3 | 7,628 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #495 | 29 | 10,981 |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #496 | 4 | 7,625 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #501 | 5 | 9,305 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #508 | 3 | 10,188 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #518 | 542 | 12,708 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #522 | 4 | 11,303 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #524 | 3 | 12,621 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #530 | 70 | 8,289 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #533 | 21 | 20,968 |
| LY | 0 | #558 | 2 | 12,703 | |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #559 | 7 | 10,162 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #559 | 3 | 19,177 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #560 | 1 | 11,671 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #575 | 43 | 11,648 |
| BH | 0 | #586 | 2 | 17,937 | |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #619 | 4 | 9,244 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #624 | 9 | 18,916 |
| IT | 0 | #633 | 82 | 4,183 | |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #644 | 7 | 16,104 |
| LB | 0 | #649 | 10 | 13,263 | |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #655 | 354 | 5,561 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #696 | 2 | 13,071 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #699 | 2 | 13,390 |
| SY | 0 | #702 | 27 | 11,684 | |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #732 | 185 | 8,487 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #743 | 948 | 9,415 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #780 | 6 | 12,213 |
| TN | 0 | #815 | 15 | 13,765 | |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #825 | 2 | 15,093 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #869 | 10 | 14,506 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #883 | 38 | 15,656 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #925 | 1 | 15,035 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #925 | 11 | 25,931 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #935 | 25 | 14,742 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #957 | 26 | 16,355 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #973 | 22 | 24,821 |
| MA | 0 | #1,060 | 69 | 20,986 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,089 | 53 | 25,928 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,106 | 71 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,171 | 41 | 19,440 | |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,181 | 2 | 25,439 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,270 | 3 | 25,619 |
Karolina is popular in 84 countries — most recent births per country:
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