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Meaning

The name Karina has the following meaning:

One who is precious and pure.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

Popularity

As a baby girl name, Karina is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 181 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Karina fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 56 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 293 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Karina in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Pronunciation

The name Karina is pronounced as kuh-ree-nah

Origins

Karina originates from the Scandinavian language.
See other suggested Scandinavian girl baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Karina and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Karina: Boys - Denby, Girls - Erika, Nissa, Both genders - Dyre, Eric, Harold

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Karina: Kareana, Kareena, Kareina, Kariena, Karinah, Karyna

Nicknames

Common nicknames for the name Karina are: Kari

Style

We think the name Karina should fall under the following style category: Ladylike.

See other Ladylike girl names

Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Karina to be: Friendly and helpful woman

In one word, you might describe Karina as a(n) "friendly" person.

See other "friendly" names for girls.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Karina (or its variants) are:

Karina Habšudová, born on 2 August, a famous athlete. Karina Habšudová's background: A former Slovak female professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as 10 in the world (1997). Together with Karol Ku?era she won the Hopman Cup in 1998.

Karina, born on 19 November, a famous singer. Karina's background: A pop-ballad singer and actress from Venezuela.

Karina Lombard, born on 21 January, a famous actress. Karina Lombard's background: An actress. As an actress, she appeared on the first season of The L Word, and also in The 4400. She reprised her role as Marina Ferrer in the first episode of Season Four of The L Word and made one more brief appearance later that season (as an actress auditioning for Jenny's film, Lez Girls).
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Kyra (212)
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