Girl Names Like Caroline
Updated Sat Jan 20 2024
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Caroline is a gorgeous and timeless classic, but it has ranked in the US Top 100 since the mid-90s. If you want a name a bit more unexpected and under-the-radar, here are some alternatives.
Other timeless classics include Jane, Tessa, Georgia, Anne, and Elise. Or you may like vintage revivals like Frances, Beatrice, Theodora, Margot, and Susannah.
Girl names that start with C include Colette, Carina, Clementine, Cordelia, and Claudia. Other girl names ending in -line include Emmeline, Aveline, Coraline, Celine, and Evangeline.
Here is our list of 50 alternatives to Caroline, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
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- Adelaide
Origin:
Variant of Adelheidis, GermanMeaning:
"noble, nobility"
- Annabel
Origin:
Scottish variation of AmabelMeaning:
"loving"
- Anne
Origin:
French variation of English Ann and Hebrew HannahMeaning:
"grace"
- Annora
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"honor"
- Arabella
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"yielding to prayer"
- Aveline
Origin:
French from GermanMeaning:
"desired; or island, water"
- Beatrice
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"she who brings happiness; blessed"
- Carina
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"dear little one"
- Carolina
Origin:
Variation of Caroline; also place-nameMeaning:
"free man"
- Cecelia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"blind"
- Cecily
Origin:
Feminine variation of CecilMeaning:
"blind"
- Celia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"heavenly"
- Celine
Origin:
French variation of CelesteMeaning:
"heavenly"
- Christine
Origin:
French variation of ChristinaMeaning:
"Christian"
- Claudia
Origin:
Feminine variation of ClaudeMeaning:
"lame; enclosure"
- Clementine
Origin:
French feminine version of Clement, LatinMeaning:
"mild, merciful"
- Colette
Origin:
French, short form of Nicole, feminine variation of Nicholas, GreekMeaning:
"people of victory"
- Coralie
Origin:
French from LatinMeaning:
"coral"
- Coraline
Origin:
Diminutive of Coral
- Cordelia
Origin:
Latin; CelticMeaning:
"heart; daughter of the sea"
- Corinne
Origin:
French variation of Greek KorinnaMeaning:
"maiden"
- Dorothea
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"gift of God"
- Edeline
- Elaine
Origin:
French and ScottishMeaning:
"bright, shining light"
- Elisabeth
Origin:
Spelling variation of ElizabethMeaning:
"pledged to God"
- Elise
Origin:
French variation of ElizabethMeaning:
"pledged to God"
- Emmeline
Origin:
Old French form of archaic German AmalMeaning:
"work"
- Evangeline
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"bearer of good news"
- Felicity
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"good fortune, happy"
- Florence
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"flourishing, prosperous"
- Frances
Origin:
English from LatinMeaning:
"from France; free man"
- Genevieve
Origin:
English from FrenchMeaning:
"tribe woman"
- Georgia
Origin:
English, feminine variation of GeorgeMeaning:
"farmer"
- Georgina
Origin:
English, feminine variation of GeorgeMeaning:
"farmer"
- Gwendolyn
Origin:
Variation of Gwendolen, WelshMeaning:
"white ring"
- Helena
Origin:
Latinate form of Helen, GreekMeaning:
"torch; shining light"
- Jane
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"God is gracious"
- Juliet
Origin:
English from LatinMeaning:
"youthful or sky father"
- Linnea
Origin:
SwedishMeaning:
"twinflower, lime tree"
- Louise
Origin:
French and English, feminine variation of LouisMeaning:
"renowned warrior"
- Lucille
Origin:
French variation of Latin LucillaMeaning:
"light"
- Margot
Origin:
French, diminutive of MargaretMeaning:
"pearl"
- Matilda
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"battle-mighty"
- Rosalie
Origin:
French variation of Latin RosaliaMeaning:
"rose"
- Rosemary
Origin:
Latin or EnglishMeaning:
"dew of the sea, or rosemary (herb)"
- Susannah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"lily"
- Tessa
Origin:
Diminutive of TheresaMeaning:
"to reap, to gather"
- Theodora
Origin:
Feminine variation of TheodoreMeaning:
"gift of God"
- Virginia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"virginal, pure"
- Vivienne
Origin:
French variation of VivianMeaning:
"life"