Carola
{{About|the female given name|other uses}}
{{Infobox given name
| name = Carola
| pronunciation=
| gender = Female
| meaning = free woman
| region =
| origin = The Latinized form of Germanic names, coming from Charles or Karl.
| related names = Charlize, Carla, Karla, Karolina, Karoline, Caroline, Charlotte, Carolien, Karoliina, Carole, Charline, Carolin, Karola
| footnotes =
}}
Carola is a female given name, the Latinized form of the Germanic given names Caroline or Carol.
People named Carola include:
Acting
- Carola Braunbock (1924–1978), Czech-born East German actress
- Carola Höhn (1910–2005), German actress
- Carola Lotti (1910–1990), Italian actress
- Carola Neher (Karola Neher), German actress
- Carola Reyna, Argentine actress and director
- Carola Toelle (1893–1958), 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 Pavlik, Dutch contemporary artist
- Carola Rackete, German ship captain and sea rescuer
- Carola Roloff, German Buddhist nun
- Carola Unterberger-Probst, Austrian filmmaker and artist
- Carola of Vasa, Queen of Saxony
- Carola, wife of Obelerio degli Antenori, dogaressa of Venice
- Carola Gräfin von Schmettow, German businesswoman
See also
- {{Lookfrom|Carola}}
- {{in title|Carola}}
- {{Lookfrom|Karola}}
- {{in title|Karola}}
- Carl (name)
- Carol (disambiguation)
- Carolan (surname)
- Caroly (name)
- Karola
{{given name}}