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Carolyn
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Usage
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish
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Origin and Meaning
Creative spelling (English) of Carolin (see also -lyn) [1]
Related Names
See Carolina
Grammar
| - Danish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Carolyn |
| Genitive: | Carolyns |
| - Finnish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Carolyn |
| Genitive: | Carolynin |
| Partitive: | Carolynia |
| - Norwegian |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Carolyn |
| Genitive: | Carolyns |
| - Swedish |
|
|---|---|
| Nominative: | Carolyn |
| Genitive: | Carolyns |
Further Information
Earliest Documented Usage
- Norway: 1876 (born in the USA) [2]
- Denmark: 1885 (born in the USA) [3]
- Sweden: 1913 (Brännkyrka, Södermanland) [4]
- Finland: ca 1930 [5]
Strongest Period of Usage
Predominant Regional Usage
Trivia
- Sweden: In January 1973, 42 people were named Carolyn (percentage of first or only given name: 36 %) [6]
Statistics
Name Count per Country (What's this?)
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| Country | Commonness
Commonness | Total | Female ♀ | Male ♂ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | as main name# | also middle name& | |
| Sweden[7] |
  |
113 | 190 | 113 | 190 | 0 | 0 |
| Finland[5] |
 |
n.a. |
94 | n.a. |
94 | 0 | 0 |
| Denmark[8] |
|
31 | n.a. |
31 | n.a. |
0 | n.a. |
 Iceland[9] |
  |
3 | 4 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Norway[10] |
|
77 | n.a. |
77 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
 Greenland[11] |
  |
0 | 0 | n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| #: count of main first name only | |||||||
| &: count of both main and additional first names | |||||||
| Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country. |
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No recent statistics trend found in databases for Carolyn.
References
- ↑ Judith Ahrholdt: Nordic Names - www.nordicnames.de (2004-2026).
- ↑ Digitalarkivet at arkivverket.no, http://www.arkivverket.no
- ↑ Danish Family Search, https://www.danishfamilysearch.dk
- ↑ Riksarkivet/SVAR - Svensk arkivinformation: Sveriges befolkning 1990
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Digi- ja Väestötietovirasto, Digital and Population Data Services Agency, https://nimipalvelu.dvv.fi
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
- ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
- ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
- ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
- ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
- ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/