Karolina, Karolína or Karolīna is a feminine given name. Karolina is a Croatian, Danish, Faroese, Finnish,

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

, Hungarian,

Indonesian Indonesian is anything of, from, or related to Indonesia, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It may refer to: * Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia ** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago ** Indonesian ...

, Lithuanian,

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North Macedonia * Mac ...

, Norwegian,

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

, Slovene, and Swedish name. Karolína is a

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ...

, Icelandic and Slovak name that is a form of Karolina and Carolina and a diminutive form of

Karola Karola is a Danish language, Danish, Finnish language, Finnish, German language, German, Hungarian language, Hungarian, Norwegian language, Norwegian, and Swedish language, Swedish feminine given name that is a feminine form of Karol (name), Karol ...

and

Carola Carola is a female given name, the Latinized form of the Germanic given names Caroline or Carol. People named Carola include: Acting * Carola Braunbock (1924–1978), Czech-born East German actress * Carola Höhn (1910–2005), German actre ...

. Karolīna is a Latvian name. Notable people with the name include the following:

Given name

Arts, Music & Literature

Karolina (singer) Keren "Karolina" Avratz (; March 19, 1971), professionally known as Karolina, is a singer-songwriter from Eilat, Israel. She is the lead singer of the trio Habanot Nechama. Biography Keren (Karolina) Avratz was born in Jaffa and raised in Eila ...

, professional name of Keren Karolina Avratz, Israeli singer *

Karolina Bock Karolina Sofia Bock née ''Richter'' (August 28, 1792, Stockholm – 22 March 1872) was a Swedish stage actress. She was the principal and drama teacher of the Royal Dramatic Training Academy twice: from 1831 to 1834, and from 1841 to 1856. S ...

(1792 – 1872), Swedish dancer, actress and singer *

Karolina Borchardt Karolina Iwaszkiewicz Borchardt (26 July 1905 – 17 December 1995) was a Polish artist and aviator. She is recognised as one of the first women to earn a pilot's license from Poland. Born in Minsk, Borchardt became a test pilot and was recognise ...

(1905-1995), Polish artist and aviator. *

Karólína Eiríksdóttir Karólína Eiríksdóttir is an Icelandic composer. Biography Karólína was born in Reykjavík, Iceland, and studied piano as a child. She later studied composition at the Reykjavik College of Music with Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson and at the Uni ...

(born 1951), Icelandic composer *

Karolina Gočeva Karolina Gočeva (, ; born 28 April 1980), sometimes credited as Karolina Gocheva or known only as Karolina, is a Macedonian singer. She launched her music career in 1991 with a performance at a local children's show and continued participating i ...

(born 1980), Macedonian singer *

Karolina Gorczyca Karolina Gorczyca (born 14 March 1985) is a Polish actress. Biography Gorczyca was born and raised in Biłgoraj. Her father was a truck driver and her mother was a sales clerk. She was raised Catholic The Catholic Church (), also know ...

(born 1985), Polish actress *

Karolina Gruszka Karolina Gruszka (born 13 July 1980) is a Polish actress. She has appeared in more than 30 films and television shows since 1996. She was nominated for an award as Best Actress for her role in ''Kochankowie z Marony'' at the 2007 Polish Film Aw ...

(born 1980), Polish actress *

Karolina Halatek Karolina Halatek (born 1985) is a Polish contemporary visual artist working in a field of installation art, using light as a key medium. Karolina Halatek creates experiential site-specific spaces that incorporate visual, architectural and sculptu ...

(born 1985), Polish artist *Karolina Kuiek, known as

Ani Lorak Karolina Myroslavivna Kuiek (born 27 September 1978), better known as Ani Lorak, is a Ukrainian singer. Having been awarded the title of People's Artist of Ukraine (revoked in 2024https://www.president.gov.ua/news/34-zradniki-ukrayini-pozbav ...

(born 1978), Ukrainian singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur *

Karolína Kurková Karolína Kurková (; born 28 February 1984) is a Czech model known for her work as a former Victoria's Secret Angel and '' Vogue'' cover star. Mario Testino praised the "proportions of her body and her face, as well as her energy level", which ...

(born 1984), Czech model *

Karolina Laskowska Karolina Zofia Laskowska (born 1992) is a British fashion designer. She won the New Designer of the Year award at the 2014 UK Lingerie Awards. Career Laskowska started her eponymous fashion brand in 2012 whilst still studying at De Montfort Univ ...

, British fashion designer * Karolina Lewicka Polish director, writer and producer * Karolína Mališová (born 1996), Czech model and beauty pageant titleholder * Karolina Nowakowska (born 1982), Polish actress, dancer and vocalist *

Karolina Pavlova Karolina Karlovna Pavlova () (22 July 1807 – 14 December 1893) was a 19th-century Russian poet and novelist.Terras, 1985, p. 128. Biography Karolina Karlovna Pavlova (née Jänisch) was born on the 22nd of July 1807, in Yaroslavl.Heldt, 1978 Sh ...

(1807 – 1893), Russian poet and novelist *

Karolina Proniewska Karolina Proniewska () or Karolina Praniauskaitė (1828–1859) was a romanticism, romantic Polish language, Polish-LithuanianKarolina Protsenko (born 2008), Ukrainian-American violinist * Karolina Slunéčková, (1934 – 1983), Czech actress * Karolína Světlá (1830 – 1899), Czech author * Karolina Wydra (born 1981), Polish model and actress * Karolina Zakrzewska, Polish beauty pageant contestant

Economics

* Karolina Ekholm (born 1964), Swedish economist

Medical

Karolina Widerström Karolina Olivia Widerström (10 December 1856 – 4 March 1949) was a Swedish medical doctor and gynecologist. She was the first female physician with a university education in her country. She was also a feminist and a politician, and engaged i ...

, (1856 – 1949), Swedish doctor and gynecologist

Historical figures

Karolina Lanckorońska Countess Karolina Maria Adelajda Franciszka Ksawera Małgorzata Edina Lanckorońska (Polish pronunciation: a.rɔˈlʲi.na lant͡skɔˈrɔɲska11 August 1898 — 25 August 2002) was a Polish noble, World War II resistance fighter, philanthropist ...

(1898 — 2002), Polish noble, resistance fighter, and historian *

Karolina of Legnica-Brieg Karolina of Legnica-Brieg-Wohlau (, ; 2 December 1652 in Brzeg – 24 December 1707 in Wrocław), was a Silesian noble, duchess of Legnica, Brzeg and Wołów and the last member of the Silesian Piasts dynasty. She was the eldest daughter of ...

(1652 – 24 December 1707 in Wrocław), Silesian noble *

Karolina Sobańska Countess ''Karolina'' Rozalia Tekla Sobańska (née Rzewuska; 25 December 1795 – 21 July 1885) was a Polish agent and noblewoman. She was a Russian agent, the mistress of the Tsarist general Jan de Witte (1781–1840) and a reputed lover of Pola ...

(1795 – 1885), Polish spy and noblewoman

Politics

* Karolina Gajewska (born 1972), Polish politician * Karolina Kaczorowska (1930–2021), Polish First Lady * Karolina Pawliczak (born 1976), Polish lawyer and politician *

Karolína Peake Karolína Peake (born 10 October 1975), née Kvačková, is a Czech politician and lawyer who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 2011 to 2013. Career She was a member of the Civic Democratic Party between 1997 and 19 ...

(born 1975), Czech politician * Karolina Skog (born 1976), Swedish politician * Karolina Stallwood, British executive

Religion

Karolina Gerhardinger Karolina Gerhardinger (20 June 1797 – 9 May 1879) (also known as Mother Maria Theresia of Jesus) was a German Roman Catholic religious sister who founded the School Sisters of Notre Dame. Gerhardinger served as an educator in Bavaria until the e ...

,(1797 – 1879), German Roman Catholic sister *

Karolina Kózka Karolina Kózka (2 August 1898 – 18 November 1914) was a sixteen-year old Polish victim of a sex attack and murder. Prior to that she was known locally for her strong faith and her eagerness to catechize her neighbours and children. Kózka ...

(1898 – 1914), Polish Roman Catholic

Sports

* Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard (born 1971), Swedish orienteering competitor * Karolína Bednárová (born 1986), Czech volleyball player * Karolina Bochra (born 1988), Polish footballer * Karolina Bosiek (born 2000), Polish speed skater * Karolina Chrapek (born 1990), German alpine skier *

Karolina Chlewińska Karolina Chlewińska (born 8 November 1983) is a Polish foil fencer, team silver medalist at the 2010 World Championships. Chlewińska won a bronze medal at the 2003 Junior World Championships in Trapani. She competed in team foil at the 2008 ...

(born 1983), Polish fencer * Karolína Elhotová (born 1992), Czech basketball player * Karolína Erbanová (born 1992), Czech speed skater * Karolina Ericsson (born 1973), Swedish badminton player * Karolina Fotiadou (born 1970), Cypriot alpine skier * Karolina Goliat (born 1996), Belgian volleyball player * Karolína Grohová (born 1990), Czech cross-country skier * Karolina Hájková (born 1997), Slovak swimmer *

Karolina Jagieniak Karolina Jagieniak (born 4 June 1979) is a former professional tennis player from France. Biography Born in Warsaw, Jagieniak left Poland at the age of four for France, where her father Czesław played rugby union professionally. She began playi ...

(born 1979), Polish tennis player * Karolina Jarzyńska (born 1981), Polish long-distance athlete *

Karolina Jovanović Karolina Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Каролина Јовановић; born 13 February 1988) is a Serbian former tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (sin ...

(born 1988), Serbian tennis player * Karolina Karasiewicz (born 1992), Polish cyclist * Karolina Karlsson (born 1966), Swedish tennis player * Karolina Kedzierska (born 1987), Swedish Taekwondoist * Karolina Kochaniak (born 1995), Polish handball player *

Karolina Kołeczek Karolina Kołeczek (born 15 January 1993 in Sandomierz) is a Polish athlete specialising in the 100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 me ...

(born 1993), Polish hurdling athlete * Karolina Konieczna, Polish cyclist * Karolína Kosinová (born 1998), Czech ice hockey player *

Karolina Kosińska Karolina Kosińska (; born 17 June 1986) is a former tennis player from Poland. Kosińska began playing tennis aged seven, her favourite surface was clay Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydro ...

(born 1986), Polish tennis player *

Karolina Kowalkiewicz Karolina Kowalkiewicz (born October 15, 1985) is a Polish mixed martial artist. She currently competes in the women's Strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). She is the former KSW Women's Flyweight Champion. Mixed ma ...

(born 1985), Polish mixed martial artist * Karolina Kucharczyk (born 1991), Polish Paralympic athlete * Karolina Kudłacz-Gloc (born 1985), Polish handball player * Karolina Michalczuk (born 1979), Polish boxer *

Karolína Muchová Karolína Muchová (; born 21 August 1996) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 8, achieved on 11 September 2023. Muchová has won one WTA Tour title at the 2019 Korea Open – S ...

(born 1996), Czech tennis player * Karolina Naja (born 1990), Polish sprint canoer * Karolina Nowak (born 1999), Polish gymnast * Karolina Pahlitzsch (born 1994), German athlete * Karolina Pęk Polish para table tennis player * Karolina Pelendritou (born 1986), Cypriot paralympic swimmer * Karolína Pilařová, Czech curler *

Karolína Plíšková Karolína Plíšková (; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), holding the position for a total of eight weeks, and has been ...

(born 1992), Czech tennis player * Karolina Podgórska (born 1987), Polish darts player * Karolina Riemen (born 1988), Polish freestyle skier * Karolina Sadalska (born 1981), Polish sprint canoer * Karolina Semeniuk-Olchawa (born 1983), Polish handball player *

Karolina Sevastyanova Karolina Andreyevna Sevastyanova (; born 25 April 1995) is a Russian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympics Group All-around champion, 2012 European Group All-around champion and 2010 Youth Olympic Games Group All-around champion. C ...

(born 1995), Russian gymnast * Karolina Siódmiak (born 1981), Polish handball player * Karolina Sklenyte (born 1996), Lithuanian gymnast *

Karolina Šprem Karolina Šprem Baghdatis (born 25 October 1984) is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. She won eleven titles (ten singles), all at the ITF level. Her highest ranking is world No. 17, achieved in October 2004. Personal life Karol ...

(born 1984), Croatian tennis player *

Karolína Stuchlá Karolína Stuchlá (born 24 February 1994) is a Czech former professional tennis player. On 12 September 2016, she reached her highest doubles rankings of world No. 97. In her career, she won 13 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Stuchl ...

(born 1994), Czech tennis player *

Karolina Styczyńska Karolina Fortin ( (), Japanese: カロリーナ・ステチェンスカ; born June 17, 1991) is a retired Polish people, Polish Professional shogi player#Women's professionals, women's professional shogi player who achieved the rank of 1-dan. She ...

(born 1991), Polish shogi player *

Karolina Szabó Karolina Szabó (born November 17, 1961) is a retired Hungarian athlete, who specialized in the long-distance running events. Born in Dunaföldvár, Tolna, she represented Hungary in the marathon at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, finishing 13th, and ...

(born 1961), Hungarian long-distance athlete *

Karolina Szczepaniak Karolina Szczepaniak (born 12 August 1992) is a Polish swimmer who competes in the Women's 400 m individual medley. At the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as Lon ...

(born 1992), Polish swimmer * Karolina Sztokfisz (born 1989), Polish snowboarder * Karolina Szwed-Orneborg (born 1989), Polish handball player * Karolina Tymińska (born 1984), Polish heptathlete * Karolina Urban, Canadian women’s ice hockey player * Karolina Westberg (born 1978), Swedish footballer *

Karolina Wisniewska Karolina Wisniewska (born July 26, 1976) is a para-alpine standing skier. Born in Warsaw, she moved to Canada when she was 5 years old where she then took up skiing as a form of physical therapy for her cerebral palsy. Over the course of her skii ...

(born 1976), Polish para-alpine standing skier * Karolina Wlodarczak (born 1987), Australian tennis player * Karolina Zalewska (born 1984), Polish handball player

Others

*Karolina

Andriette Nobel Karolina Andriette Nobel (born Karolina Andriette Ahlsell; 30 September 1803 – 7 December 1889) was a Swedish woman and the mother of scientist Alfred Nobel. Andriette was the daughter of Carolina Roospigg, and her father worked as a head clerk ...

(1803 – 1889), Swedish woman and mother of

Alfred Nobel Alfred Bernhard Nobel ( ; ; 21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, inventor, engineer, and businessman. He is known for inventing dynamite, as well as having bequeathed his fortune to establish the Nobel Prizes. He also m ...

*Karolina Bielawska (born 1999), Polish model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned

Miss World 2021 Miss World 2021 was the 70th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Coca-Cola Music Hall in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on 16 March 2022. The coronation was originally scheduled to be held on 16 December 2021 at the José Miguel Agrelot Co ...

* Karolina Lassbo (born 1980), Swedish blogger *

Karolina Olsson Karolina Olsson (29 October 1861 – 5 April 1950), also known as "Soverskan på Oknö" ("The Sleeper of Oknö"), was a Swedish woman who purportedly remained in hibernation between 1876 and 1908 (32 years). This is believed to be the longest ti ...

, Swedish woman who hibernated for three decades * Karolina Wigura (born 1980), Polish sociologist, historian and journalist

Nickname

* Karolina Ramqvist, nickname of Annika Virtanen Ramqvist (born 1976), Swedish journalist and author

Middle name

* Maria Josefa Karolina Brader (1860 - 1943), Swiss Roman Catholic religious sister * Anna Karolina Orzelska (1707 – 1769), Polish noblewoman *

Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł Princess Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł (; 27 February 1667 – 25 March 1695) was a magnate Princess of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and an active reformer. Life Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł was born in K ...

(1667 – 1695), Princess of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania *

Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (; born 13 September 1994) is a Slovak inactive professional tennis player. On 12 October 2015, she reached her best WTA singles ranking of world No. 26. She has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour, two singles t ...

(born 1994), Slovak tennis player *

Maria Karolina Sobieska Maria Karolina Sobieska (25 November 1697 – 8 May 1740) was a Polish noblewoman, daughter of Jakub Ludwik Sobieski. Known as Marie Charlotte or only Charlotte, she was the Princess of Turenne and later Duchess of Bouillon by marriage. Ch ...

(1697 – 1740), Polish noblewoman * Elin Karolina Svensson (1879–??), Swedish missionary

Fictional characters

Karolina Dean Karolina Dean ( ) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Adrian Alphona, Karolina Dean first appeared in ''Runaways'' #1 (July 2003). Dean belongs to the extra ...

, a Marvel Comics member of the '' Runaways'' *Karolina Novotney, head of PR for Waystar/Royco on the HBO series ''Succession''

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