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Carine
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carine
French
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Carine.wav France
Proper noun
f
fr female Karine
Anagrams
fr cernai, fr encira, fr encrai, fr racine, fr raciné, fr ricane, fr ricané
Norwegian Bokmål
Karine no
Alternative forms
nb Karine alternative spelling
Etymology
A spelling variant of nb Karine, with initial ⟨C⟩ in place of ⟨K⟩, and a variant of nb Carina 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.“Carine – kvinnenamn”, Store norske leksikon.
Compare da Carine, sv Carine and fr Carine female given name.
Pronunciation
nb /kaˈriː.nə/
nb iːnə 3
nb Karine
nb Ca ri ne
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb female Old Norse < Ancient Greek, an alternative spelling of nb Karine
Statistics
According to Statistics Norway, 257 women in Norway had nb Carine 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
“Carine”, Nordic Names.