Given name
Karole
“a joyous song; a small, strong woman”
Karole is a variant of Karol. In English use, Karol carries the interpretation “a joyous song; a small, strong woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Karole is a variant of Karol. In English use, Karol 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 1932. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Karole through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 947
- 0 boys · 947 girls
- Most popular year
- 1945
- 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 5 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 861 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Karole
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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