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Karine
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karine
English
Alternative forms
en Karyn
Etymology
en :bor fr:Karine + 1
Proper noun
en female French.
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Anagrams
en aeiknr Kieran narkie rake in Keiran
French
Alternative forms
fr Carine Karin Karyn Karyne
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
fr female derived from Swedish Karin ( =Catherine)
Japanese
Romanization
かりね
Norwegian Bokmål
no
Alternative forms
nb Carine alternative spelling
Etymology
Variant of nb Karina, with the ending nb -ine in place of nb -ina. Ultimately from nb non Kaðrina female given name, a later form of non Katrina female given name, from nb grc Αἰκατερίνη Aikaterínē female given name. The original meaning is uncertain, although the name was associated early with grc καθαρός katharós pure, chaste.“Karine – kvinnenamn”, Store norske leksikon.
Compare da Karine, sv Karine and fr Karine female given name.
Pronunciation
nb /kaˈriː.nə/
nb iːnə 3
nb Carine
nb Ka ri ne
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb female Old Norse < Ancient Greek, a variant of nb Karina
Usage notes
The Norwegian name day for nb Karine is 22 October, shared with nb Karianne and nb Kine.
The ending nb -ine was considerably more common than nb -ina in nineteenth-century Norway. nb Karine Karine was historically especially common in Oppland.
Statistics
According to Statistics Norway, 903 women in Norway had nb Karine as their sole or first given name in the 2025 name statistics, based on the Population Register as of 1 January 2026.Table 10501: “Personer, etter jentenavn og guttenavn” and “Navnestatistikken”, Statistics Norway.
References
“Karine”, Nordic Names.