Carola
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin, masculine equivalent Karl.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Carola (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 4,481 |
| 2000 | 4,483 |
| 2001 | 4,498 |
| 2002 | 4,521 |
| 2003 | 4,562 |
| 2004 | 4,559 |
| 2005 | 4,526 |
| 2006 | 4,535 |
| 2007 | 4,531 |
| 2008 | 4,587 |
| 2009 | 4,588 |
| 2010 | 4,578 |
| 2011 | 4,577 |
| 2012 | 4,566 |
| 2013 | 4,568 |
| 2014 | 4,566 |
| 2015 | 4,545 |
| 2016 | 4,541 |
| 2017 | 4,532 |
| 2018 | 4,528 |
| 2019 | 4,501 |
| 2020 | 4,496 |
Carola in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Carola.Hi! My name is Carola.
- Carola bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Carola lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Carola i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Carola this afternoon.
- Carolas mamma är lärare.Carola's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Carolas mamma is Carola's mum.
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Questions about Carola
How do you pronounce Carola in Swedish?
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What does the name Carola mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin, masculine equivalent Karl.
How popular is Carola in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Carola in 2022. In 2020, 4,496 people in Sweden had Carola as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.