Given name
Carlina
“a free woman”
Carlina is a variant of Carla. In Latin use, Carla carries the interpretation “a free woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Carlina is a variant of Carla. In Latin use, Carla carries the interpretation “a free woman.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Carlina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,184
- 0 boys · 1,184 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,526 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −65%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,526 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 32 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,551 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Carlina’s family of names
Carlina has a related form in Carla. In Spanish usage, Carlina has a conventional equivalent in the French form Charline. In Italian usage, Carlina has a conventional equivalent in the French form Charlène.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Carlina
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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