Karina

Meaning: Pure
Origin: Variant of Karin · Scandinavian form of Katherine (from Greek/Latin (via Karin or Carina))

Girl's name · #750 in the US (2025) · 90s wave

Popularity over time

Karina's best rank, #108, came in 1996; it has stepped well back to #750 today. Roughly 61,000 girls have been named Karina since 1956.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 27 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#165 in Mexico (2024) · #201 in Poland (2025) · #344 in Norway (2025) · #518 in Ecuador (2025) · #673 in Belgium (2025) · #884 in England & Wales (2025) · #917 in Scotland (2025) · #1,018 in Ireland (2025) · #1,522 in Sweden (2025) · #1,585 in Austria (2025) · #2,784 in France (2025) · #948 in Canada (2024).

Famous Karinas

Karina Maruyama — Japanese tarento and footballer
Karina Lombard — French-American actress
Karina — South Korean singer (born 2000)
Karina Aznavourian — Russian épée fencer
Karina Bryant — British judoka

In stories & tradition

Karina Saavedra^es — Cuéntame cómo pasó (Spanish TV series)

What Karinas become

Among 806 notable people named Karina:

Entertainers appear 1.63× more often than among typical names — e.g. Karina Lombard, French-American actress.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Carina (#1572), Karina would rank around #592 with about 500 births last year — the newborns split about 73/27 between Karina and Carina.

Similar names: Carina · Angelica · Karissa · Marina · Selina · Selena

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