Karina

See also: Appendix:Variations of "karina"

English

Proper noun

Karina

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage, a form of Karin (Catherine) long used in Scandinavia, or from Carina.

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Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkarɪna]

Proper noun

Karina f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Karin or Karina

Declension

Danish

Proper noun

Karina

  1. a female given name derived from Katharina ( =Catherine)

Estonian

Proper noun

Karina

  1. a female given name, variant of Katariina

Faroese

Proper noun

Karina f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Karina: Karinuson
  • daughter of Karina: Karinudóttir

Declension

singular
indefinite
nominative Karina
accusative Karinu
dative Karinu
genitive Karinu

Finnish

Proper noun

Karina

  1. essive singular of Kari

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Karina, a variant of French Karine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ʁi.na/

Proper noun

Karina f

  1. a female given name from English or Ancient Greek

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Karina

  1. a female given name, variant of Karin

Indonesian

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin carīna (the keel of a ship)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Karina

  1. (astronomy) 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 Swedish and Danish Karina.

Proper noun

Karina f

  1. a female given name

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • [1] Population Register of Latvia: Karina was the only given name of 2735 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Karina

  1. a female given name derived from Katarina

Slovak

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derived from Swedish Karin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkarina/

Proper noun

Karina f (genitive singular Kariny, nominative plural Kariny, declension pattern of žena)

  1. a female given name

Declension

Derived terms

  • Karinka

Further reading

  • Karina”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈɾina/ [kaˈɾi.na]
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: Ka‧ri‧na

Proper noun

Karina f

  1. a female given name, variant of Carina

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka²riːna/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophone: Carina

Proper noun

Karina c (genitive Karinas)

  1. a diminutive of the female given name Katarina and elaboration of Karin

Descendants

  • Belarusian: Карына (Karyna)
  • Czech: Karina
  • Danish: Karina
  • English: Karina
  • German: Karina
  • Latvian: Karina, Karīna
  • Norwegian: Karina
  • Polish: Karina
  • Slovak: Karina
  • Russian: Карина (Karina)
  • Ukrainian: Карина (Karyna)

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