Fun Facts About the Name Karaline
- 779 babies named Karaline: U.S. records list 779 babies given the name Karaline from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Karaline Mean?
Karaline is a variant spelling of Caroline, the feminine form of Charles. The line goes back through Latin Carolus to a Germanic root usually reconstructed as karl (also recorded as karal in Old High German), meaning "man" - specifically a free man who was not of noble rank. The literal sense of the root is therefore "free man," and because the name is feminine, it is often rendered "free woman" or, more loosely, "strong."
The change from C to K in Karaline follows the Germanic and northern European spelling tradition seen in Karl, Karoline, and Karolina; it does not point to a separate origin. The final -ine (spelled -line here) comes from the Latin feminine suffix -ina, which passed into French as -ine and formed the feminine counterpart of names derived from Charles.
Karaline Name History & Origins
Karaline belongs to the family of names descended from the Germanic karl, which Latin sources wrote as Carolus. That Latin form spread widely and became Charles in French, Carlo in Italian, Carlos in Spanish, and Karl in German. The feminine forms followed the same path: Carolina in Latin and Italian, Caroline in French and English, Karoline in German and Scandinavian use, and Karolina in Polish, Czech, and other Slavic languages.
Karaline is a respelling within this group rather than a distinct older name. It uses the German-style initial K together with a final -line, the same pattern found in variants such as Carolyn, Karolyn, Caroline, and Karoline that have all been used in English-speaking countries. Because English readers can pronounce the ending of such names either to rhyme with "line" or as "leen," the same spelling may be said in more than one way.
Caroline has a long association with European royalty: it was borne by Caroline of Ansbach (1683 - 1737), queen consort of George II of Great Britain, and later by Caroline of Brunswick, wife of George IV. These royal uses kept the Caroline group of names familiar in Britain and its former colonies, and spellings like Karaline sit on that established base.
How Popular is the Name Karaline?
Karaline has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2014. Its best rank was #3,809 in 2014.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,671 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2024 | #14,287 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #8,259 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2022 | #9,336 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #7,096 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2020 | #4,492 | 30 | 0.0019% |
| 2019 | #5,699 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2018 | #4,508 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2017 | #4,180 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2016 | #5,210 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2015 | #4,348 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 2014 | #3,809 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 2013 | #4,120 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 2012 | #5,321 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2011 | #4,750 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2010 | #4,795 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2009 | #4,234 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2008 | #5,507 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2007 | #5,607 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2006 | #5,162 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2005 | #4,640 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2004 | #5,455 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2003 | #5,503 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2002 | #5,171 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2001 | #7,966 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #4,882 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 1999 | #7,454 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1998 | #6,202 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1997 | #5,507 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1996 | #6,544 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1995 | #5,815 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1994 | #12,537 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #14,525 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #8,265 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1990 | #12,054 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #10,207 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #12,152 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #11,455 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #11,020 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1975 | #8,448 | 6 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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