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Karina
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Appendix:Variations of "karina"
English
Proper noun
en female Ancient Greek of modern usage, a form of Karin (Catherine) long used in Scandinavia, or from Carina.
Anagrams
en aaiknr kinara kirana
Czech
cs:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
cs female Karin,Karina
Declension
f
Danish
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female derived from Katharina ( =Catherine)
Estonian
Proper noun
et proper noun
et female Katariina
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun f
fo female
Usage notes
f Karinuson Karinudóttir
Declension
Karina Karinu Karinu Karinu
Finnish
Proper noun
fi proper noun form
fi Kari ess s
Anagrams
fi aaiknr Kaarin arkina kaarin kairan nikara raakin
French
Etymology
fr en Karina, a variant of fr Karine.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
fr female English,Ancient Greek
German
Pronunciation
de De-Karina.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun
de female Karin
Indonesian
id:
Etymology
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From id la carīna the keel of a ship
Pronunciation
id karina
Proper noun
id constellation 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
Further reading
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From lv sv - and lv da Karina.
Proper noun
lv proper noun f
lv female
Related terms
lv Karīna
lv Katrīna
References
Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, 5-7966-0278-0
Population Register of Latvia: Karina was the only given name of 2735 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Norwegian Bokmål
Karina (name)
Alternative forms
nb Carina alternative spelling, nb Carine, nb Karine variant forms
Etymology
nb non Kaðrina female given name, a later form of non Katrina female given name, ultimately from nb grc Αἰκατερίνη Aikaterínē female given name. In Old Norse, the consonant sequence in non Katrina developed from tr to ðr, after which ð was lost, yielding nb Karina. The original meaning is uncertain, though the name was associated early with grc καθαρός katharós pure, chaste.“Karina – kvinnenamn”, Store norske leksikon. 15th century in Norway.“Karina”, Nordic Names.
Compare da Karina, sv Karina and fo Karina female given name.
Pronunciation
nb /kaˈriː.na/
nb iːna 3
nb Carina
nb Ka ri na
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb female Old Norse < Ancient Greek Karina
Usage notes
The popularity of nb Karina and nb Carina increased in Norway during the second half of the twentieth century, probably partly through Swedish influence.
The strongest period of use for nb Karina in Norway was approximately 1980–1995.“Karina”, Nordic Names.
Derived terms
nb Rina short form
Statistics
According to Statistics Norway, 2,912 women in Norway had nb Karina as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025.Table 10501: “Personer, etter jentenavn og guttenavn”, Statistics Norway.
References
Slovak
Alternative forms
sk Karin
Etymology
sk :der sv:Karin + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f Karinka
sk female
Declension
f
Further reading
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es female Carina
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv /ka²riːna/
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Karina.wav
sv Carina
Proper noun
c
sv female Katarina and elaboration of sv Karin
Descendants
1 be Карына
1 cs Karina
1 da Karina
1 en Karina
1 de Karina
1 lv Karina Karīna
1 no Karina
1 pl Karina
1 sk Karina
1 ru Карина
1 uk Карина
Anagrams
sv aaiknr anarki