Trine

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Трине in RU Russia.

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 22 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◐

Trine is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name11K records spelled Trine5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Norway, Australia, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, Dutch, Western Frisian

  Also written Triné

• French given name834 records spelled Trine3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Norway, United States, Sweden

  Also written Triné

44 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●

Trine 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 Norwegian, a female given name from Danish of Danish origin

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

• In rmq, alternative form of trin (“three”)

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

• In Latin, vocative masculine singular of trīnus

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

• In Portuguese, inflection of trinar:

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

• In English, Triple; threefold.

  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●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 70 years between 1945–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Trine Hattestadb. 1966NONorwegian javelin thrower
• Trine Wiggenb. 1968NONorwegian actress
• Trine Skei Grandeb. 1969NONorwegian politician
• Trine Reinb. 1970NONorwegian singer
• Trine Tangeraasb. 1971NOAssociation footballer
• Trine Dyrholmb. 1972DKactress, singer, songwriter
• Trine Hansenb. 1973DKDanish rower
• Trine Nielsenb. 1980DKDanish handball player
• Trine Bramsenb. 1981DKDanish politician
• Trine Østergaard Jensenb. 1991DKDanish handball player

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 · 290 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Trine?

We estimate roughly 23 thousand people bear Trine (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Trine have the most bearers?

We estimate about 13 thousand people bear Trine in Denmark, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled trine.

Where is Trine most common?

Trine is densest in Denmark, where the national register counts about 1 in 448 people carrying it.

How common is Trine compared with other names?

In Denmark, Trine is the 97th most common given name of 31,396 given names recorded there.

Is Trine a male or female name?

Trine 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 Trine mean?

Recorded meaning: a female given name, short form of Katrine ( =Catherine)