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I'm from Quebec where French is the main language and most people named Caroline over there are between 18-30 years old.

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I've been living in Kentucky for a little more than a year now and the only Caroline I know is 4 years old.

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I personally like the name very much.

Obviously I love the name because I named my daughter Caroline. I must admit, I didn't fall in love with the name at first (I had a student with this name 8 years ago). But over time, during the past 4 years, I started thinking it was really classy, I guess for the most part because of Caroline Kennedy. Now I just think it is cute. My daughter is 2, with blond wavy/curly hair and light blue eyes. I also love all the nicknames you can make from the name.

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Maybe some people in America find it "boring" because of Little House on the Prarie or something. I do love Carolina, but thought it was a little too ethnic for me. (We call my daughter that anyway as a nn.) It is definately not an overused name, but I like how normal yet different it is. Does that make sense?

I don't find Caroline to be an old lady name. I don't think that here in Australia it's considered to be one, but that said, it isn't really popular either. I don't see it much in birth announcements.

I actually don't know that many Carolines in Australia. There was one girl who I went to primary school with, back in kindergarten (lol, 15 years ago!), so she's about my age (and yours!), but that's it.

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I think it's a classic name too, not old-ladyish at all. The only thing that would deter me from using it straight off is the conncection with 'Pride & Prejudice' and Caroline Bingley!

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is considered modern and international in Sweden. When I hear the name, I expect a young woman, about 20 years old. The nn is usually Carro. It is pronounced as "Kah-ro-LEEN" in Swedish, more like Carolyn. It is also spelt Carolin or Karolin. Karolina and Carolina are other variants (Kah-ro-LEEN-ah). Carolina Klüft is a very famous sportswoman in Sweden.

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Old-ladyish is different in different countries. I think Catherine is also considered "old lady" in France.

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I'm from the US and I know someone who named their little girl Caroline...she's just coming up on 1 year old! :o) I think it's a very pretty name.

Caroline is okay but not really a favorite, where I live most people I know with this name are 30+
Along with Carol it was quite popular for girls when I was at school

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I think it's classic but less common. Does that make sense? To me there are classic classic names, like Catherine/Katherine, Elizabeth, Anna, Rebecca, Mary, etc. And then there are less common classic names like Caroline, Eleanor, Margaret, Lucy, and so on.

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The difference for me between a "classic classic" and a "less common classic" lies solely in how often I personally hear them. I hear Elizabeth all the time by I've never met a Caroline in person, that I know of.

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Does that make sense?

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Well in Scotland, it isn't old ladyish. I still see it on teens and kids today, although not too often. Here, Caroline is most popular for women between 25 and 45, so it still feels relatively young, but isn't tied to a particular decade.

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