Imagine my shock to find out this name hasn’t even been on the charts since the 70s. You’re telling me even Carole King couldn’t inspire some new Caroles through the 80s and 90s? To me, I hear this name as being like Elizabeth, Mary, or Jennifer. It’s one of those classic names that should always be around, it’s just timeless.
The French spelling of this name (as well as ones like Adrienne, Vivienne, etc.) makes me pronounce them the French way in my head when I see them, or at the very least the way they come out phonetically in English. (Carole would roughly rhyme with parole, not roughly rhyme with Barrel.) I personally wouldn't use these spellings if not intending to have them pronounced as written.
― Anonymous User 7/1/2022
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The musician Thea Taylor goes by "carolesdaughter."
I know adding an E at the end is the French variant of Carol (which to me, has charm despite being a little dated); but Carole reminds me too much of "parole" to ever use it.
― Anonymous User 4/28/2017
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Carole Elizabeth Middleton is a former flight attendant turned businesswoman, and mother of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and her siblings, Pippa Middleton and James Middleton.
Carole Lombard (born Jane Alice Peters) was an American actress.
― Anonymous User 12/12/2011
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Carole Middleton, mother of Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge.
― Anonymous User 4/29/2011
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Carole Landis (January 1, 1919 – July 5, 1948) was an American film and stage actress whose break-through role was as the female lead in the 1940 film One Million B.C. Landis has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1765 Vine Street.
One famous bearer of this name is singer Carole King. Her most famous album, the groundbreaking Tapestry, included many of her biggest hits, including "I Feel The Earth Move," "So Far Away," "You've Got a Friend," and "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman."