Female first name (English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese): Carolina, Old High (Word format); Karal = the man, the husband, the variant 'Carol' is probably chosen by parents because of the common English word 'carol' (Christmas song), information on male form Karl:; old German name; early known in Germany, for example by Charlemagne (8th-9th century), but it was not until the 19th. Century in Germany popular