Karina

“Variant of Karin — Scandinavian form of Katherine (pure)” — Greek/Latin (via Karin or Carina) origin

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

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. 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.

Around the world: about 1 in 2,200 girls in Norway (2025) · about 1 in 3,100 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 3,200 girls in Poland (2025).

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

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 — Cuéntame cómo pasó

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.

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

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