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As homage to the great Neil Gaiman. . .

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. . . my five year old daughter's middle name is Coraline. I love him, I love the book.

I can't help but think of the actual substance of coralline when I hear the name. It's a type of algae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coralline_algae

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However I'm not a big fan of the whole Coral/Cora/Carol/Caroline type of names, so maybe I'm biased.

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I like the sound of it, I prefer it to Caroline. Never been a fan of Caroline. But out of this name family the only one that I absolutely love is Coralie.

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Lea

I love it - especially with the nickname Cora or Coralie - but I prefer Caroline, just for tradition's sake. Still, Coraline doesn't sound awfully tacky like invented names sometimes do, but people would probably associate the name with the character/movie/book.

It's not just a movie, it was a book first.

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I prefer Coraline to Caroline, but really, I don't care for -line at all. I like Caro.

I like it too. Much more than Caroline / Caralyn. Ever since I saw that preview I thought it was a cute name.

I'm torn.

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On the one hand Coraline does sound sweet.

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On the other hand, it smacks of playing fast and loose with Caroline. And "chorus line" keeps dancing around in the back of my head when I see / hear Coraline.

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On balance, I prefer the names Caroline, Coral and Coralie much more.