Carolyn

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title: "Carolyn" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["english-feminine-given-names", "feminine-given-names", "scottish-feminine-given-names"] topic_path: "general/english-feminine-given-names" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Carolyn
pronunciation	CA-ro-lin
gender	Feminine
origin	French
related names	Carolyne, Carolynne, Karolyn, Caroline, Carol, Charles
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| name = Carolyn | image = | imagesize = | caption = | pronunciation = CA-ro-lin | gender = Feminine | meaning = | region = | origin = French | related names = Carolyne, Carolynne, Karolyn, Caroline, Carol, Charles | footnotes =

Carolyn is a female given name, a variant of Caroline. Other spellings include Carolin, Karolyn, Carolyne, Carolynn or Carolynne. Caroline itself is one of the feminine forms of Charles.

List of notable people

• Carolyn Abbate, American musicologist

• Carolyn Abraham, Canadian journalist and author

• Carolyn Arends, musical artist

• Carolyn Aronson (born 1966), American Latina enterpreter

• Carolyn Attneave (1920–1992), American psychologist

• Carolyn Banks, American writer

• Carolyn Barcus, American psychologist

• Carolyn Baxter, African-American poet, playwright, and musician

• Carolyn Baylies, American academic

• Carolyn Bennett (born 1950), Canadian politician

• Carolyn Bertozzi (born 1966), American chemist and Nobel laureate

• Carolyn Bertram (born 1976), Canadian politician

• Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy (1966–1999), wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr.

• Carolyn Beug (1952–2001), American filmmaker

• Carolyn Bolivar-Getson (born 1964), Canadian politician

• Carolyn Barley Britton (born 1944), African-American medical doctor and neurologist

• Carolyn Brady, American painter

• Carolyn Bracken, Irish actor

• Carolyn Brown (choreographer) (born 1927), American dancer, choreographer, and writer

• Carolyn Brown (newsreader), English newsreader

• Carolyn Cassady (1923–2013), American writer and wife of Neal Cassady

• Carolyn Caton, American politician from Missouri

• C. J. Cherryh (Carolyn Janice Cherryh; born 1942), American science fiction and fantasy writer

• Carolyn Chiechi (born 1943), judge of the United States Tax Court

• Carolyn Cooper (born 1959), Jamaican author and literary scholar

• Carolyn Dando, New Zealand actress and singer

• Carolyn Davidson, several people

• Carolyn Dean, American historian

• Carolyn DeHoff (born 1967), American basketball coach

• Carolyn E. Demarest, American judge

• Carolyn Denning (1927–2016), American pediatrician

• Carolyn Dennis (born 1954), American singer

• Carolyn Eaton (1964–1982), American murder victim

• Carolyn Edmonds, American politician

• Carolyn Eisele (1902–2000), American mathematician and historian

• Carolyn Ellis, American communication scholar

• Carolyn Eslick, American politician

• Carolyn Evans, Griffith University Vice Chancellor

• Carolyn Fe, Filipina singer and actress

• Carolyn Forché (born 1950), American poet, editor, translator and human rights advocate

• Carolyn Franklin (1944–1988), American singer and songwriter, sister of Aretha Franklin

• Carolyn Gargasz (1938–2025), American politician

• Carolyn Bartlett Gast, American scientific illustrator

• Carolyn Gates, professor of veterinary science

• Carolyn Gray, Canadian Playwright

• Carolyn Halstead, American politician

• Carolyn Harris (born 1960), British politician

• Carolyn Lynnet Harris (1948–1994), American librarian

• Carolyn Wilson Harris (1849–1910), American lichenologist

• Carolyn Hart (born 1936), American mystery writer

• Carolyn Hax (born 1966), American writer and advice columnist

• Carolyn Hennesy (born 1962), American actress

• Carolyn Price Horton (1909–2001), American bookbinder and conservator

• Carolyn Hunt (born 1937), American educator, politician, and First Lady of North Carolina

• Carolyn Ingvarson, Australian activist

• Carolyn Dawn Johnson (born 1971), Canadian country music singer-songwriter

• Carolyn Jones (1930–1983), American actress

• Carolyn Jones (politician), Canadian politician

• Carolyn Jones-Young (born 1969), American basketball player

• Carolyn Kaelin, American physician

• Carolyn Kagan, British community psychologist and social activist

• Carolyn Kawasaki, Japanese celebrity

• Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (born 1945), American politician

• Carolyn Kizer (1925–2014), Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet

• Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda (born 1946), American poet

• Carolyn Lawrence (born 1967), American voice actress

• Carolyn Leigh (1926–1983), American lyricist

• Carolyn Ringer Lepre, American academic administrator

• Carolyn Lovewell, American scholar, author, and occultist

• Carolyn Lynch (1946–2015), American philanthropist

• Carolyn Mackler, American novelist

• Carolyn Mahoney (born 1946), American mathematician

• Carolyn Maloney (born 1946), American politician

• Carolyn Martin (born 1951), American academic, author and president of Amherst College

• Carolyn Matthews, American politician

• Carolyn L. Mazloomi (born 1948), African-American art historian and quilter

• Carolyn McCarthy (born 1944), American politician

• Carolyn McCormick (born 1959), American actress

• Carolyn McCurdie, British-born New Zealand author

• Carolyn D. Meadows (born 1938), American activist

• Carolyn Merchant (born 1936), American ecofeminist

• Carolyn Morris (1925–1996), pitcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

• Carolyn Omine (), American television writer and producer

• Carolyn Miller Parr (born 1937), judge of the United States Tax Court

• Carolyn Parrish (born 1946), Canadian politician

• Carolyn Porco (born 1953), American planetary scientist

• Carolyn Reidy (1949–2020), president and CEO of the American publishing company Simon & Schuster

• Carolyn See (1934–2016), American author and reviewer

• Carolyn Seymour (born 1947), English actress

• Carolyn S. Shoemaker (1929–2021), American astronomer

• Carolyn Stewart-Olsen (born 1946), Canadian politician

• Carolyn Swords (born 1989), American former basketball player

• Carolyn Watkinson (born 1949), English mezzo-soprano singer

• Carolyn D. Wright (1949–2016), American poet

• Carolyn Yarnell (born 1961), American composer and visual artist

In fiction

• Carolyn Barek, on the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent
• Carolyn Keene, pseudonym of the authors of the Nancy Drew and The Dana Girls mystery stories
• Carolyn Stoddard, from the soap opera Dark Shadows
• Princess Carolyn, from the adult animation series Bojack Horseman
• Carolyn Trainer, a supervillain from Marvel Comics, also known as Lady Octopus

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