Carole

Carole: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “free man”
Origin: English
Say it: kuh-ROLE · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

French and English feminine form related to Carol, ultimately from Charles via Germanic Karl. Despite the feminine usage, the inherited meaning is the same as Charles.

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How popular is Carole?

20240 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Carole in 20240

Peak year1942

Total US babies since 1880110,941

Carole was not given to enough US babies in 2024 to appear in the records.

Names like Carole

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Carole questions

What does the name Carole mean?

Carole means "free man". It comes from English. French and English feminine form related to Carol, ultimately from Charles via Germanic Karl. Despite the feminine usage, the inherited meaning is the same as Charles.

Is Carole a boy or girl name?

Carole is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Carole?

Carole was given to fewer than 5 babies of either sex in 2024; its peak year was 1942.

How do you pronounce Carole?

Carole is usually pronounced kuh-ROLE.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.