Given name & surname
Carline
“a joyous song; a small, strong woman”
In English use, Carline has a related form in Caroline. In Latin use, Caroline carries the interpretation “a joyous song; a small, strong woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Carline has a related form in Caroline. In Latin use, Caroline carries the interpretation “a joyous song; a small, strong woman.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1898. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Carline through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,661
- 5 boys · 1,656 girls
- Most popular year
- 1949
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 35 in 1949. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,790 as a first name in 2020; 611 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Carline’s family of names
In English usage, Carline has a related form in Caroline.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Carline
- Carline BouwDutch rowerborn 1984
- Carline MuirCanadian sprinterborn 1987
- Carline SeiserGerman actressborn 1960
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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