Carolyn

Carolyn
Pronunciation	CA-ro-lin
Gender	Feminine
Origin
Word/name	French
Other names
Related names	Carolyne, Carolynne, Karolyn, Caroline, Carol, Charles

Last updated August 03, 2025

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

List of notable people

Carolyn Abbate, American musicologist
Carolyn Abraham, Canadian journalist and author
Carolyn Arends, musical artist
Carolyn Aronson (born 1966), American Latina enterpreter
Carolyn Attneave (1920–1992), American psychologist
Carolyn Banks, American writer
Carolyn Barcus, American psychologist
Carolyn Baxter, African-American poet, playwright, and musician
Carolyn Baylies, American academic
Carolyn Bennett (born 1950), Canadian politician
Carolyn Bertozzi (born 1966), American chemist and Nobel laureate
Carolyn Bertram (born 1976), Canadian politician
Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy (1966–1999), wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr.
Carolyn Beug (1952–2001), American filmmaker
Carolyn Bolivar-Getson (born 1964), Canadian politician
Carolyn Barley Britton (born 1944), African-American medical doctor and neurologist
Carolyn Brady, American painter
Carolyn Bracken, Irish actor
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
Carolyn Caton, American politician from Missouri
C. J. Cherryh (Carolyn Janice Cherryh; born 1942), American science fiction and fantasy writer
Carolyn Chiechi (born 1943), judge of the United States Tax Court
Carolyn Cooper (born 1959), Jamaican author and literary scholar
Carolyn Dando, New Zealand actress and singer
Carolyn Davidson, several people
Carolyn Dean, American historian
Carolyn DeHoff (born 1967), American basketball coach
Carolyn E. Demarest, American judge
Carolyn Denning (1927–2016), American pediatrician
Carolyn Dennis (born 1954), American singer
Carolyn Eaton (1964–1982), American murder victim
Carolyn Edmonds, American politician
Carolyn Eisele (1902–2000), American mathematician and historian
Carolyn Ellis, American communication scholar
Carolyn Eslick, American politician
Carolyn Evans, Griffith University Vice Chancellor
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 Gargasz (1938–2025), American politician
Carolyn Bartlett Gast, American scientific illustrator
Carolyn Gates, professor of veterinary science
Carolyn Gray, Canadian Playwright
Carolyn Halstead, American politician
Carolyn Harris (born 1960), British politician
Carolyn Lynnet Harris (1948–1994), American librarian
Carolyn Wilson Harris (1849–1910), American lichenologist
Carolyn Hart (born 1936), American mystery writer
Carolyn Hax (born 1966), American writer and advice columnist
Carolyn Hennesy (born 1962), American actress
Carolyn Price Horton (1909–2001), American bookbinder and conservator
Carolyn Hunt (born 1937), American educator, politician, and First Lady of North Carolina
Carolyn Ingvarson, Australian activist
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 basketball player
Carolyn Kaelin, American physician
Carolyn Kagan, British community psychologist and social activist
Carolyn Kawasaki, Japanese celebrity
Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (born 1945), American politician
Carolyn Kizer (1925–2014), Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet
Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda (born 1946), American poet
Carolyn Lawrence (born 1967), American voice actress
Carolyn Leigh (1926–1983), American lyricist
Carolyn Ringer Lepre, American academic administrator
Carolyn Lovewell, American scholar, author, and occultist
Carolyn Lynch (1946–2015), American philanthropist
Carolyn Mackler, American novelist
Carolyn Mahoney (born 1946), American mathematician
Carolyn Maloney (born 1946), American politician
Carolyn Martin (born 1951), American academic, author and president of Amherst College
Carolyn Matthews, American politician
Carolyn L. Mazloomi (born 1948), African-American art historian and quilter
Carolyn McCarthy (born 1944), American politician
Carolyn McCormick (born 1959), American actress
Carolyn McCurdie, British-born New Zealand author
Carolyn D. Meadows (born 1938), American activist
Carolyn Merchant (born 1936), American ecofeminist
Carolyn Morris (1925–1996), pitcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Carolyn Omine (fl. 1990s–2020s), American television writer and producer
Carolyn Miller Parr (born 1937), judge of the United States Tax Court
Carolyn Parrish (born 1946), Canadian 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 (1929–2021), American astronomer
Carolyn Stewart-Olsen (born 1946), Canadian politician
Carolyn Swords (born 1989), American former basketball player
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
Carolyn Trainer, a supervillain from Marvel Comics, also known as Lady Octopus

Carolyn

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List of notable people

In fiction

See also