Carolyn

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Carolyn Given Name
Pronunciation	KER-o-lin
Gender	Feminine
Origin	Italian and English
Related names	Caroline, Charles
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Carolyn

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Carolyn is a female name in English speaking countries, originally an alteration of the more ancient name Caroline. Caroline itself is one of the feminine forms of Charles, which goes back to a Germanic word that meant "free man".

People

Notable people named Carolyn include:

Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, political family member
Carolyn Dando, New Zealand actress
Carolyn Jones, actress
Carolyn Keene, literary pseudonym

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