My name is Caroline, and I really like it. I find it to be really pretty and feminine. But, I have found that everywhere I go, people pronounce my name wrong, and I don’t even understand how that’s possible. It’s so simple and easy to say, yet I get Coraline all the time, Carolyn, Kathrine, and so much other stuff. It’s CARE•O•LINE. If you know a Caroline, please pronounce her name right, because getting all these other names is just weird. Sorry for my little rant lol!
I'm a Caroline and prefer the pronunciation Kah-Ro-Line, CARE-o-line tends to be the American pronunciation which grates a little. I have to say the most irritating version I get is car-line. Despite all this, and referring to myself as Caroline always, my parents and family have always called me Carrie, lol!
― Anonymous User 3/22/2017
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I haven't seen the Dutch pronunciation of the name. Me myself am Dutch, and the Dutch way to say this name is most likely; "ka-ro-LEEN-ə" or "ka-ro-LEEN-e".
― Anonymous User 8/19/2011
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Common name in Scandinavia. We pronounce it CAROH-Lih-neh.
― Anonymous User 11/27/2007
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In English pronunciation the name Caroline is not pronounced KER-o-lien. It is always pronounced KAR-o-lien. I also have to agree with many of the comments about being called Carolyn instead of Caroline. It's incredible laziness to not listen to how a name is pronounced. I grew up as the only Caroline in my school, but there were many Carolyns. So I got lumbered with that, and I loathe the name Carolyn. Just awful.
― Anonymous User 11/15/2007
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In Sweden we pronounce it the original French way, kah-ro-LEEN. It is also spelt Karolin, but Caroline is the most common spelling.