Carolyn
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɛɹəlɪn/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkæɹəlɪn/
- Hyphenation: Car‧o‧lyn
Proper noun
[edit]Carolyn
- A female given name from the Germanic languages, a variant of Caroline used since the 19th century.
- 2007, Carolyn Brown, Chance and Circumstance: Twenty Years with Cage and Cunningham, →ISBN, page 101:
- He never called me "Carolyn" until long after I'd stopped studying with him. It was always "Caroline", as in his Jardin aux Lilas. When at Juilliard he first learned my name, he snorted "How affected!" I was surprised. "Carolyn" affected? "Caroline" not? I'd always thought it was the other way around.