Karolina

newportbride715 · February 2009

I noticed on my name poll that Karolina is not very popular- which is totally fine, I didn't expect it to be as popular as some of the others- but I'm curious- are people reading it as Carolina like the state? It's pronounced Karol EE na. Just curious how people are reading it!

(My DH is from Sweden and has Polish ancestry. This name, it's spelling, my son's name and some of the others in my poll are from these cultures.)

Lauryn216 · February 2009

I read it as Karol EE na and I like it.

userdeleted · February 2009

With a "K" I would definitely spell it "KaroLEEna"

Lauryn216 · February 2009

Although my husband has a strong German heritage (father is German) and that may have something to do with the fact that I know how to pronounce it. He is really into German names.

Mike&Care · February 2009

I read it as Karoleena. It is pretty, but reminds me a lot of the supermodel. I am a Carolyn, so I like the name. It's pretty.

jenerally · February 2009

it looks like the name of a cooking oil to me.

PDX_GAL · February 2009

I thought the name was pronounced like the state Carolina. Both Carolina and KarolEEna are pretty, but I would consider spelling it differently, like Karolena maybe? Unless you don't mind having to correct people how to pronounce it correctly.

iluvtom · February 2009

I read it as karoleena too, It is pretty

CelticWife · February 2009

PDX_GAL:
I thought the name was pronounced like the state Carolina. Both Carolina and KarolEEna are pretty, but I would consider spelling it differently, like Karolena maybe? Unless you don't mind having to correct people how to pronounce it correctly.

I agree. ?

anna7602 · February 2009

I would pronounce it as you wrote above. Please, please, please don't spell it Karoleena just to make life "easier" for a few people. IMO, that would look terrible and is not the way the name is spelled in German, Swedish, Polish, etc.

LoriFalce · February 2009

anna7602:
I would pronounce it as you wrote above. Please, please, please don't spell it Karoleena just to make life "easier" for a few people. IMO, that would look terrible and is not the way the name is spelled in German, Swedish, Polish, etc.

Ditto. Don't compromise a beautiful foreign name (my great-aunt's, as a matter of fact) for the sake of the illiterate.

And it's not that odd a pronunciation, anyway. Italian designer Carolina Herrera pronounces her name that way.

chloephoebecali · February 2009

I thought the state, but I wouldn't worry. It is very pretty.

kcjessieb · February 2009

I read it as CAR-o-lina.

PunkyBooster · February 2009

I'm saying it Karol-i-nah.

newportbride715 · February 2009

LoriFalce:
anna7602:
I would pronounce it as you wrote above. Please, please, please don't spell it Karoleena just to make life "easier" for a few people. IMO, that would look terrible and is not the way the name is spelled in German, Swedish, Polish, etc.

Ditto. Don't compromise a beautiful foreign name (my great-aunt's, as a matter of fact) for the sake of the illiterate.

And it's not that odd a pronunciation, anyway. Italian designer Carolina Herrera pronounces her name that way.

Seriously. I would never change the spelling. I was just curious because I've never seen so much confusion over names' spellings and pronunciations until I started reading this board! Maybe it's because I live in the northeast, and it's more multicultural... or maybe b/c most people I know have traveled a bit... who knows, just guessing.... I don't know many people irl that would be confused by Karolina... or Rhys for that matter... so if I did end up using it, I would definitely use the proper spelling.

thenewmrsrussell · February 2009

I would have thought Carolina. If you wanted it to be pronounced Karol EE na...I would change the spelling

Carolena (for example)

Sweden+Canada · February 2009

I would pronounce it as you wrote above and as we do in Sweden Smile

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