Given name
Carollyn
“the little champion”
Carollyn is a variant of Carollan. One Irish interpretation is “the little champion.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Carollyn is a variant of Carollan. One Irish interpretation is “the little champion.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Carollyn is a variant of Carollan. An origin associated with Carollan is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1933. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Carollyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 207
- 0 boys · 207 girls
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 16 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 5 in 1997. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1947. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 323 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.
Carollyn’s family of names
Carollyn has a related form in Carollan.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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