Caro is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning “dear.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Caro belongs to the Spanish tradition. Its meaning — “dear” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Caroline.
In the United States, Caro first appears in Social Security records in 1883. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #946 in 1883, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 269 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Caro means “dear” in its Spanish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Caro is a girl name.
Caro comes from the Spanish tradition. It is also spelled Caroline.
Caro first appears in US records in 1883. Its best-ever ranking was #946 in 1883, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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