Pure or beloved
A modern American elaboration of Katherine or Caroline. It combines the Greek-derived 'pure' from Katherine with the melodic 'lynn' suffix, or may be viewed as a variant of the Latin-derived Caroline meaning 'free man'.
Less common today
Karalyne isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #9,914 in 2013.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
