Carina

Where Carina comes from

Name of a fourth century martyr, feminine of Latin carinus, derivative of carus "beloved"; also a latinization of Karina and Karin (= Catherine) in northern Europe.
— Wiktionary's entry for Carina
  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #3,618 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1965
    Carina Lau born
    Hong Kong actress
  3. 1992
    Carina Vogt born
    German ski jumper
  4. 1995
    Peak, #382
    689 babies named Carina — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2006
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #864.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin occasionally used in English.
Namesakes
  • Carina Vogt · German ski jumper, born 1992
  • Carina Lau · Hong Kong actress, born 1965
  • Carina Witthöft · German tennis player, born 1995
  • Carina Bär · German rower, born 1990
  • Carina Wiese · German actress, born 1970

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.