Caroline is my mother's name and I love it - truly elegant and feminine without any frilliness
I've never heard it pronounced the way you say - only ever with a short 'a' as in cat.
I don't care for
Paige or
Faye and have a vehement dislike for
Sarah but I do like
Caroline RoseCaroline MaryCaroline ElizaCaroline LouiseCaroline Alethea
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