Karolina
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin Carolina or French Caroline, masculine equivalent Karl.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Karolina (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Karolina has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. 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 | 81 |
| 1999 | 75 |
| 2000 | 47 |
| 2001 | 54 |
| 2002 | 47 |
| 2003 | 37 |
| 2004 | 33 |
| 2005 | 35 |
| 2006 | 28 |
| 2007 | 25 |
| 2008 | 23 |
| 2009 | 15 |
| 2010 | 18 |
| 2011 | 12 |
| 2012 | 10 |
| 2013 | 10 |
| 2014 | 14 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2016 | 12 |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2018 | 10 |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 10 |
| 2022 | 3 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 4,725 |
| 2000 | 4,841 |
| 2001 | 4,962 |
| 2002 | 5,059 |
| 2003 | 5,155 |
| 2004 | 5,247 |
| 2005 | 5,318 |
| 2006 | 5,414 |
| 2007 | 5,489 |
| 2008 | 5,578 |
| 2009 | 5,630 |
| 2010 | 5,651 |
| 2011 | 5,686 |
| 2012 | 5,743 |
| 2013 | 5,770 |
| 2014 | 5,847 |
| 2015 | 5,923 |
| 2016 | 5,983 |
| 2017 | 6,038 |
| 2018 | 6,082 |
| 2019 | 6,115 |
| 2020 | 6,144 |
Karolina in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Karolina.Hi! My name is Karolina.
- Karolina har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Karolina has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Karolinas mamma är lärare.Karolina's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Karolinas mamma is Karolina's mum.
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Questions about Karolina
How do you pronounce Karolina in Swedish?
In IPA, Karolina is /karʊ²liːna/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Karolina mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin Carolina or French Caroline, masculine equivalent Karl.
How popular is Karolina in Sweden?
3 babies were named Karolina in 2022. In 2020, 6,144 people in Sweden had Karolina as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 1998 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
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.