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Growing up and living in the South I've known a lot of Carolines, including my own sister. I consider it pretty common, though not in a trendy way and not too common to use. It's a beautiful name.

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I prefer no NN. My sister has always gone by just Caroline, though within our family we sometimes call her Lina (pronounced LIE-nah). Her name is mispronounced as Carolyn quite a bit, and it's a pet peeve of hers.

It's not common here - not even in the charts, and I've never met a young one. I like it a lot, it feels very sunny and calm.
All the Carolines I've known have been just Caroline, no nn. Carrie is okay but nms.

It's ok. Not one of my favorites, but I don't hate it either. It just makes me think too much of the states.

I love the name Caroline. It's a true classic, consistently charting. I, too, would just use Caroline as a full name with Caro as a pet name.

Caroline is one of my favourite names, it's very musical.

I used to be neutral on Caroline but I have come to like it more recently. I would possibly consider it for a middle name.

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It is not common where I live. Carrie wouldn't feel like a natural nickname to me. I don't think that Caroline needs a nickname.

It's okay, but I feel like it's overrated. It has a gloomy, downbeat feel to it, probably due to the Line ending. I would rather use Carolina, Carolyn or just Carrie by itself.

I have never known anyone named Caroline. So I was tempted to do what people sometimes do under those circumstances and say, "No, it's not too common because I've never known one." But I resist the temptation. All one can do to answer the question is to look at the popularity statistics. It's number 62 in the US and has generally been rising. So based upon that I'd say not too popular at the moment, but could become so.

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I really like Caroline and I'm with you in that I prefer it without a nickname. Especially not Carrie, which is so 70s dated and annoying anyway.

I love it. It's not at all popular in the UK at the moment. It's my mother's name and she doesn't shorten it in any way.

I absolutely love Caroline and I'd certainly use it, even if it were as common here as it is in the US. It's my mother's name, and she occasionally goes by Caro, which I also like. But mostly not...I agree with you that it doesn't need a nickname

I like it! No, it's not too common (at least, not in the States lol), and I love the nickname Carrie!

Hi !!!

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I'm sorry but Carolina seems too much a cow name.
Caroline with -line is awful for me because I dislike i sound in English.

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Caroline as in French would be nice!! It is the name of a Monegasque Princess! XD

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But I would not choose it anyway.

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I prefer Carrie.
I like this name and I think it works well as full name too.
Yes..I'm a fan of Stephen King's book.

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This message was edited 2/23/2017, 2:05 AM

Not common at all where I live. I used it happily for my first daughter and never shortened it at all.

I think Caroline is beautiful! I prefer it without a nickname, and pronounced -line. It is a little common, but not overwhelmingly so. For me, I'm only a little disenchanted by it in how much it's used, but it's not as bad as, say, Jessica or Mary. I still think it has charm.