Carolyn

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Carolyn
PronunciationCA-ro-lin
GenderFeminine
Origin
Word/nameFrench
Other names
Related namesCarolyne, Carolynne, Karolyn, Caroline, Carol, Charles

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

List of Notable People[]

  • Carolyn Bennett (born 1950), Canadian politician
  • Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy (1966–1999), wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr.
  • 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
  • C. J. Cherryh (Carolyn Janice Cherryh; born 1942), American science fiction and fantasy writer
  • Carolyn Cooper (born 1959), Jamaican author and literary scholar
  • Carolyn Davidson, several people
  • 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 Gray, Canadian Playwright
  • Carolyn Harris (born 1960), British politician
  • Carolyn Lynnet Harris (1948–1994), US librarian
  • Carolyn Wilson Harris (1849–1910), US lichenologist
  • Carolyn Hart (born 1936), American mystery writer
  • Carolyn Hax (born 1966), American writer and advice columnist
  • Carolyn Hunt (born 1937), American educator, politician, and First Lady of North Carolina
  • 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 former basketball player
  • Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (born 1945), American politician
  • Carolyn Kizer (1925–2014), Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet
  • Carolyn Lawrence (born 1967), American voice actress
  • Carolyn Leigh (1926–1983), American lyricist
  • Carolyn Maloney (born 1946), American politician
  • Carolyn Martin (born 1951), American academic, author and president of Amherst College
  • Carolyn McCarthy (born 1944), American politician
  • Carolyn McCormick (born 1959), American actress
  • Carolyn McCurdie, British-born New Zealand author
  • Carolyn Morris (1925–1996), pitcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
  • Carolyn Omine, American television writer and producer
  • Carolyn Parrish (born 1946), Canadian former 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 (born 1929), American astronomer
  • 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

See also[]

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