Carin

Where Carin comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Carin.

Carin through the years
  1. 1888
    Carin Göring born
    Swedish wife of Hermann Göring
  2. 1939
    First appearance
    #4,250 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1965
    Carin Jennings-Gabarra born
    American soccer player
  4. 1970
    Peak, #799
    175 babies named Carin, the most in any year.
  5. 1980
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,482.
  6. 2020
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Carin Göring · Swedish wife of Hermann Göring, 1888–1931
  • Carin Jennings-Gabarra · American soccer player, born 1965
  • Carin Nilsson · swimmer, 1904–1999
  • Carin Jämtin · Swedish politician, born 1964
  • Carin Cone · American swimmer, 1940–2025

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.