Karin - Meaning of Karin

What does Karin mean?

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Karin

[ 2 syll. ka-rin, kar-in ] The baby girl name Karin is pronounced as KAER-ahN or KEHR-ahN (English), KAA-RIHN or KEH-RIHN , or KAA-RihN (Dutch, German) †. Karin is primarily used in Finnish, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English, and Japanese. It is of Old Greek origin.

Karin is a Finnish, German, and Scandinavian form of the English, German, Scandinavian, and Dutch name Karen.

Karin is also a Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Japanese, and Scandinavian form of the English name Katherine.

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Karin is rare as a baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1970, 0.057% of baby girls were named Karin. It had a ranking of #278 then. The baby name has substantially dropped in popularity since then, and is now of sporadic use. In 2018, out of the family of girl names directly related to Karin, Katherine was the most commonly used.

Baby names that sound like Karin include Karen, Karine, Karinne, Karon, Karran, Karren, Karron, Karyn, Keran, Kerran, Kerrin, Kerron, Kerryn, Keryn, Carin, Carinn, Carinne, Carron, Carynn, and Charon.

† Pronunciation for Karin: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)"