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Carola
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameThe Latinized form of Germanic names, coming from Charles or Karl.
Meaningfree woman
Other names
Related namesCharlize, Carla, Karla, Karolina, Karoline, Caroline, Charlotte, Carolien, Karoliina, Carole, Charline, Carolin, Karola

Carola is a female given name, the Latinized form of the Germanic given names Caroline or Carol.

Famous people named Carola include:

Actress

  • Carola Braunbock (1924–1978) was a Czech-born East German actress
  • Carola Höhn (1910–2005) was a German actress
  • Carola Lotti (1910-1990) was an Italian actress
  • Carola Neher (Karola Neher) was a German actress
  • Carola Reyna, an Argentine actress and director
  • Carola Toelle (1893–1958) was a German actress
  • Thekla Carola Wied (b. Thekla Wiedmann 1944), a German actress

Music

  • Carola Grindea (1914–2009), Romanian pianist and piano teacher
  • Carola Häggkvist, also known as just Carola, Swedish singer, winner of the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest
  • Carola Smit, Dutch singer
  • Carola Standertskjöld, Finnish jazz and pop singer

Politics

  • Carola Reimann (born 1967), German politician
  • Carola Schouten, Dutch politician

Others

  • Carola Dunn, British-American writer
  • Carola Rackete, German ship captain and sea rescuer
  • Carola Roloff, German Buddhist nun
  • Carola Unterberger-Probst, Austrian filmmaker, artist
  • Carola of Vasa, Queen of Saxony
  • Carola, wife of Obelerio degli Antenori, dogaressa of Venice
  • Carola Gräfin von Schmettow, German businesswoman

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Carola
  • All pages with titles containing Carola
  • All pages with titles beginning with Karola
  • All pages with titles containing Karola
  • Carl (name)
  • Carol (disambiguation)
  • Karola
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