Carolin

Carolin is a German feminine name, a streamlined form of Caroline, which itself derives from the Latinized feminine of Carolus, the Latin equivalent of the Germanic name Karl, meaning free man or full-grown man. The name spread widely across Europe through the influence of Carolingian royal dynasties and figures such as Caroline of Ansbach, queen consort of Great Britain. Carolin is the characteristically German spelling, sitting alongside the fuller forms Caroline and Karoline as well as the contracted form Caro.