Meanings
proper noun
- A female given name from the Germanic languages, a variant of Caroline used since the 19th century.
1 more example
He never called me "Carolyn" until long after I'd stopped studying with him. It was always "Caroline", as in his Jardin aux Lilas. When at Juilliard he first learned my name, he snorted "How affected!" I was surprised. "Carolyn" affected? "Caroline" not? I'd always thought it was the other way around.
2007, Carolyn Brown, Chance and Circumstance: Twenty Years with Cage and Cunningham, →ISBN, page 101
Origin
A variant of Caroline with -lyn.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 卡羅琳 /卡罗琳
- 卡羅琳 /卡罗琳 (Kǎluólín)female given name
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APA
Carolyn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Carolyn
MLA
“Carolyn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Carolyn. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Carolyn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Carolyn.
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