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[ syll. ka-ri-na, kar-ina ] The girl name Karina is pronounced KEHRIYNah †. Karina's language of origin is Italian, Latin, and Old Greek, and it is predominantly used in the English, German, Latvian, Russian, Scandinavian, and Czech languages. In addition, Karina is a pet form of the English, German, and Italian Cara in the English and German languages. Karina is also a variant spelling of the English, German, Italian, and Scandinavian Carina in the German language. Karina is also a pet form of the English, German, Scandinavian, and Dutch Karen in the German, Latvian, Russian, and Scandinavian languages. Variant forms of the name include the name Karaina, the English Kareen, the English Kareena, the English, German, French, and Russian Karine, the English Karinna, and the English Karinne. Other variants of Karina include the short form Kar and the English, German, Latvian, Russian, Scandinavian, and Czech short form Karina. Karina is a popular baby name for girls. The name rose in popularity from the 1960s up to the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only infrequent use. At the modest height of its usage in 1995, 0.155% of baby girls were given the name Karina. Its ranking then was #109. The baby name has since experienced a drop in popularity. In 2009, it ranked at #293 with a usage of 0.055%, but it was nonetheless the 2nd most popular after Karen, within all girl names in its group. It was 29% more commonly used than Karina in 2009. Baby names that sound like Karina include the name Carena, the Finnish Kaarina, the name Karaina, the English Kareema, the English Kareena, the English and Scandinavian Karena, the English and Scandinavian Karenna, the English Karien, the Arabic and English Karima, the English Karimah, the English Karinna, the English Karmia, the English Karmina, the English Karrena, the English Karrina, the Indian Karuna, the English Karyen, the English and Russian Karyna, the English and Indian Kerani, and the name Kerryann.
† approx pronunciation for Karina: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
