Given name · also French
Karlotta
“a joyous song; a small, strong woman”
Karlotta is a variant of Karoline. In English use, Karoline carries the interpretation “a joyous song; a small, strong woman.”
Original FrenchCharlotte
Meaning & origin
What it means
Karlotta is a variant of Karoline. In English use, Karoline carries the interpretation “a joyous song; a small, strong woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Karlotta comes from French, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Icelandic usage, Karlotta is a diminutive of Charles.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Karlotta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 52
- 0 boys · 52 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 9 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 6 in 1981. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1961. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 144 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.
Karlotta’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Karlotta is a diminutive of Charles. In German usage, Karlotta has a related form in Charlotte. In Icelandic usage, Karlotta has a conventional equivalent in the English form Charlotte.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Karlotta has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
3 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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