Karin

See also: karin and karın

English

Etymology

From Swedish Karin or Danish Karin, a medieval form of Katarina, ultimately from Ancient Greek Αἰκατερῑ́νη (Aikaterī́nē). See also Karen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkærɪn/, /kəˈɹɪn/, or like Karen

Proper noun

Karin

1. A female given name from Danish [in turn from Ancient Greek Αἰκατερῑ́νη (Aikaterī́nē)], variant of Karen.

Translations

female given name from a Swedish form of Catherine

• Danish: Karin
• Estonian: Karin
• Faroese: Karin
• Finnish: Kaarina (fi)
• French: Karine (fr)
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• German: Karin (de)
• Hebrew: קרין (he), קארין (karín)
• Norwegian: Karin (no)
• Swedish: Karin (sv)

See also

• Carina; Corinne

Anagrams

• -kinra, Kiran, nakir

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Danish

Etymology

Medieval variant of Katrine, today often considered Swedish. Cognate with Danish Karen.

Proper noun

Karin

1. a female given name

References

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 20 500 females with the given name Karin have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

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Estonian

Proper noun

Karin

1. a female given name, from a Scandinavian variant of Katariina (“Catherine”)

See also

• Kaarin

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɛaːɹɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːɹɪn

Proper noun

Karin f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Karin: Karinarson
• daughter of Karin: Karinardóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Karin
Accusative	Karina
Dative	Karini
Genitive	Karinar

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French

Proper noun

Karin f

1. a female given name, a less common anglicism of Karine

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Karin.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Karin

1. a female given name, popular in Germany from the 1930s to the 1960s

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Japanese

Romanization

Karin

1. Rōmaji transcription of かりん

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Norwegian

Etymology

Medieval variant of Katrine, today often considered Swedish.

Proper noun

Karin

1. a female given name

Related terms

• Kari

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 13 533 females with the given name Karin living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• Carin

Etymology

A contraction of Katarina. First recorded in Sweden in 1460.

Proper noun

Karin c (genitive Karins)

1. a female given name

Derived terms

• Karina (elaboration)

Descendants

All are borrowed.

• Danish: Karin
• Dutch: Karin
• English: Karin
• Estonian: Karin
• Faroese: Karin
• Finnish: Kaarina
• French: Karine, Carine
• German: Karin
• Norwegian: Karin

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 162 881 females with the given name Karin living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on May 19th, 2011.