Carola: Meaning, Popularity, Origin of Baby Name Carola
Origin of the name Carol:
Feminine form of the Latin Carolus, which is a cognate of Charles (full-grown, a man, freeman), and a short form of Caroline, another feminine form of Carolus. Alternatively, the name is derived from the vocabulary word carol (joyous song, a carol). Var: Carol, Carrol, Carroll, Carryl, Caryl.
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Carola, Finnish jazz and pop singer
Carola Dunn, British-American writer
Carola Häggkvist, Swedish singer, winner of the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest
Carola Roloff, German Buddhist nun
Carola Smit, Dutch singer
Carola Unterberger-Probst, Austrian filmmaker, artist
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