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[Facts] Coralline
Has anyone ever heard the name Coralline before? We have a foreign exchange student from France who is named this, so obviously all I know is that it's female and most likely French! Any help on meaning and origin would be great!
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"Coralline" is actually in the dictionary....it means relating to or resembling coral. There are beautiful seaweed called "Coralline algae" which look as if they're made from lace.
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I'm French, living in the US. I like it. It is uncommon even for there but I think it travels well. Coralie is another variation, and a lot of French -ine names travel well and are pretty in general.
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It's new to me as a name, but obviously as a word it's an adjective meaning With a structure like coral.As a French name, I'm familiar with Coralie - also means, basically, coral - and I like it very much. Not so sure about Coralline, though - seems a bit overelaborate for my simple tastes. Interesting how names develop, isn't it? I knew a woman whose granddaughter should have been Carol for dynastic reasons, but they sensibly named her Coral instead giving her individuality along with the family links.
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"Korallion" is the Greek word for Red Coral, an arborescent species, found in the Red Sea and Mediterranean, prized from times of antiquity for ornamental purposes, and often classed among precious stones (OED).
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I wasn't too sure about Coralline either--I thought it might be a cross of Coralie and Caroline. I've never looked up the meaning of Coralie on this site, but in a book of names I have, it said it means "daughter" in French, which is weird...I think "coral" sounds like the real meaning...those name books can be pretty unreliable!
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