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Carolyn

Syllables: Car·o·lynUK/ˈkæɹəlɪn/US/ˈkɛɹəlɪn/

Carolyn proper noun: a female given name from the Germanic languages, a variant of Caroline used since the 19th century.

Proper noun

Carolyn

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages, a variant of Caroline used since the 19th century.
    • He never called me "Carolyn" until long after I'd stopped studying with him. It was always "Caroline", as in his Jardin aux Lilas. When at Juilliard he first learned my name, he snorted "How affected!" I was surprised. "Carolyn" affected? "Caroline" not? I'd always thought it was the other way...2007, Carolyn Brown, Chance and Circumstance: Twenty Years with Cage and Cunningham, →ISBN, page 101

Origin of Carolyn

A variant of Caroline with -lyn.

Questions about Carolyn

What does Carolyn mean?
Carolyn means a female given name from the Germanic languages, a variant of Caroline used since the 19th century.
What part of speech is Carolyn?
Carolyn is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Carolyn?
Carolyn is pronounced /ˈkɛɹəlɪn/ (US).

Words near Carolyn in the dictionary

  1. carols
  2. Carolus
  3. Carolus dollar
  4. Carolus dollars
  5. Caroluses
  6. Carolyn
  7. Carolynne
  8. carom
  9. carom billiards
  10. carom plug
  11. carom plugs

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