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Meaning of the nameCarline

Carline is a feminine name, a variant of Caroline, which in turn is the feminine form of Carlos, a name of Germanic origin.

Meaning

“variant of Caroline, feminine form of Carlos ('free man')”

Source: Wiktionary: Carline · Wiktionary: Caroline · Wiktionary: Charles · Behind the Name: Caroline · Behind the Name: Charles

People (2022)
1,308
Rank in Brazil
#6,910
Median age
30 years
2010 Census
1,502
people

Carline in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Carline, 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 (504 people).

1,293 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 Carline is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.002%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.002%
  3. Bahia 0.001%
  4. São Paulo 0.000%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Rio Grande do Sul1940.002%
São Paulo1850.000%
Santa Catarina1340.002%
Bahia1330.001%
Paraná840.001%
Rio de Janeiro610.000%
Ceará580.001%
Minas Gerais520.000%
Maranhão470.001%
Pará450.001%
Amazonas390.001%
Pernambuco380.000%
Alagoas280.001%
Goiás260.000%
Piauí250.001%
Paraíba200.001%
Mato Grosso190.001%
Rio Grande do Norte170.001%
Espírito Santo160.000%
Rondônia160.001%

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

About the name Carline

The English entry in Wiktionary records Carline as a variant of Caroline. Caroline comes from French, from Latin Carolīna, a feminine derived from Carolus (Carlos), a name of Germanic origin; Wiktionary gives the Germanic root as 'free man' and Behind the Name links it to a Germanic word for 'man'. The Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Carline among the names with the ending -ine, from French -ine, with a diminutive value. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,308 people named Carline, with a median age of 30. Most records come from people born in the 1980s and 1990s and, proportionally, the name is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Carline · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Caroline · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: Charles · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Behind the Name: Caroline · behindthename.com · meaning
  5. Behind the Name: Charles · behindthename.com · meaning
  6. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  7. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Caroline · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage

Questions about the name Carline

What does the name Carline mean?

Carline means “variant of Caroline, feminine form of Carlos ('free man')”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Carline in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,308 people with the first name Carline, which ranks it number 6,910 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Carline is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,293 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Carline?

Carline is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Carline most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.002% of the state's population is named Carline (194 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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