Karolina (name)

Karolina, Karolína or Karolīna is a feminine given name. Karolina is a Croatian, Danish, Faroese, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Slovene, and Swedish name. Karolína is a Czech, Icelandic and Slovak name that is a form of Karolina and Carolina and a diminutive form of Karola and Carola. Karolīna is a Latvian name. Notable people with the name include the following:

Arts, Music & Literature

 * Karolina (singer), professional name of Keren Karolina Avratz, Israeli singer
 * Karolina Adamczyk (born 1975), Polish actress
 * Karolina Bock (1792 – 1872), Swedish dancer, actress and singer
 * Karólína Eiríksdóttir (born 1951), Icelandic composer
 * Karolina Gočeva (born 1980), Macedonian singer
 * Karolina Gruszka (born 1980), Polish actress
 * Karolina Halatek (born 1985), Polish artist
 * Karolina Kuiek, known as Ani Lorak (born 1978), Ukrainian singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur
 * Karolína Kurková (born 1984), Czech model
 * Karolina Laskowska, 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 (1807 – 1893), Russian poet and novelist
 * Karolina Proniewska (1828–1859), Lithuanian poet and translator
 * 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, (1856 – 1949), Swedish doctor and gynecologist

Historical figures

 * Karolina Lanckorońska (1898 — 2002), Polish noble, resistance fighter, and historian
 * Karolina of Legnica-Brieg (1652 – 24 December 1707 in Wrocław), Silesian noble
 * Karolina Sobańska (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 (born 1975), Czech politician
 * Karolina Skog (born 1976), Swedish politician
 * Karolina Stallwood, British executive

Religion

 * Karolina Gerhardinger,(1797 – 1879), German Roman Catholic sister
 * Karolina 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 (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 (born 1979), Polish tennis player
 * Karolina Jarzyńska (born 1981), Polish long-distance athlete
 * Karolina Jovanović (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 (born 1993), Polish hurdling athlete
 * Karolina Konieczna, Polish cyclist
 * Karolína Kosinová (born 1998), Czech ice hockey player
 * Karolina Kosińska (born 1986), Polish tennis player
 * Karolina Kowalkiewicz (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 (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 (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 (born 1995), Russian gymnast
 * Karolina Siódmiak (born 1981), Polish handball player
 * Karolina Sklenyte (born 1996), Lithuanian gymnast
 * Karolina Šprem (born 1984), Croatian tennis player
 * Karolína Stuchlá (born 1994), Czech tennis player
 * Karolina Styczyńska (born 1991), Polish shogi player
 * Karolina Szabó (born 1961), Hungarian long-distance athlete
 * Karolina Szczepaniak (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 (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 (1803 – 1889), Swedish woman and mother of Alfred Nobel
 * Karolina Bielawska (born 1999), Polish model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World 2021
 * Karolina Lassbo (born 1980), Swedish blogger
 * Karolina Olsson, 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 (1667 – 1695), Princess of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
 * Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (born 1994), Slovak tennis player
 * Maria Karolina Sobieska (1697 – 1740), Polish noblewoman
 * Elin Karolina Svensson (1879–??), Swedish missionary

Fictional characters

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