Karina

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Karin in US United States, DE Germany, SE Sweden and 8 more, Карина in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan and 1 more, קרין in FR France and קארין in IL Israel.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Karina is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name619K records spelled Karina81 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Denmark, Venezuela

  Languages: English, German, Danish

  Also written Karine, Karīna, Karinae, Kaerina, Karína

• French given name39K records spelled Karina11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Peru

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Karinà, Káríná, Káríñá, Karīna, Kārînā

• Indonesian given name31K records spelled Karina7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Peru, United States, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Karina, Karīna, Ķarina, Karina', Karína

• a separate given name29K records spelled Karina3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Russia

  Also written Karīna, Karìna

• Finnish given name11K records spelled Karina10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, United States, Russia

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Kãrînä, Kärina, Kärinä, Kärïnä, Kärînä

• Latvian given name7.6K records spelled Karina16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Latvia, Lithuania, United States, Russia

  Languages: Latvian, Lithuanian

  Also written Karīna, Kariņa, Kaarina, Kārina, Karīnã

73 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Karina is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Indonesian, Carina: A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the keel of a ship. It contains the star Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swedish, a diminutive of the female given name Katarina and elaboration of Karin

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Danish, a female given name derived from Katharina ( =Catherine)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, a female given name from English or Ancient Greek

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Norwegian, a female given name derived from Katarina

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 77 years between 1915–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Anna Karinab. 1940FRDanish-French actress (1940–2019)
• Karina Lombardb. 1969FRFrench-American actress
• Karina Mileib. 1973ARArgentine politician
• Karina Bryantb. 1979GBBritish judoka
• Karina Smuldersb. 1980NLDutch actress
• Karina Testab. 1981FRFrench actress
• Karina Canellakisb. 1981USAmerican conductor and violinist
• Karina Maruyamab. 1983JPJapanese tarento and footballer
• Karina Razumovskayab. 1983RURussian actress
• Karina Gouldb. 1987CACanadian politician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,263 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Karina?

We estimate roughly 560 thousand people bear Karina (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Karina have the most bearers?

Karina is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled karina.

Where is Karina most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Karina is densest in Finland — about 1 in 63 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Karina compared with other names?

In Argentina, Karina is the 104th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Karina a male or female name?

Karina is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Karina mean?

Recorded meaning: A female given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage, a form of Karin (Catherine) long used in Scandinavia, or from Carina.