Meaning of the nameCarlina

Carlina is a female name derived from Carlino, a diminutive of Carlos, a name of Germanic origin linked to the word karl, 'man'.

Meaning

“feminine form of Carlino, a diminutive of Carlos (from Germanic karl, 'man')”

Source: Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Carlina · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Carlino · Behind the Name: Charles

People (2022): 733
Rank in Brazil: #10,274
Median age: 46 years
2010 Census: 1,150; people

Carlina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Carlina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (121 people).

729 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Carlina is most common

States with the highest share of people named Carlina in the population, in the 2022 Census.

São Paulo 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	202	0.001%
Minas Gerais	71	0.000%
Rio de Janeiro	48	0.000%
Paraná	44	0.000%
Mato Grosso	44	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	41	0.000%
Bahia	35	0.000%
Ceará	29	0.000%
Goiás	29	0.000%
Pernambuco	25	0.000%
Maranhão	22	0.000%
Santa Catarina	21	0.000%
Espírito Santo	19	0.001%
Amazonas	17	0.000%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Carlina

According to the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), Carlina is the feminine of Carlino, and Carlino is, according to Machado (1981), a diminutive of Carlos with the suffix -ino. Wiktionary gives Carlos as coming from Latin Carolus, of Germanic origin, and Behind the Name links Germanic Karl to a word for 'man', also citing the hypothesis of a word for 'army'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 733 people named Carlina, with a median age of 46. The dictionary lists Karlina as a graphic variant.

Sources

Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Carlina · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Carlino · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
Wiktionary: Carlos · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Charles · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Carlina

What does the name Carlina mean?

Carlina means “feminine form of Carlino, a diminutive of Carlos (from Germanic karl, 'man')”, according to Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Carlina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 733 people with the first name Carlina, which ranks it number 10,274 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Carlina a boy's or a girl's name?

Carlina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 729 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Carlina?

Carlina is a name of Germanic and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Carlina most common?

Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.001% of the state's population is named Carlina (202 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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