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.

Anagrams

• kinara, kirana

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkarɪna]

Proper noun

Karina f

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

Declension

Declension of Karina (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	Karina	Kariny
genitive	Kariny	Karin
dative	Karině	Karinám
accusative	Karinu	Kariny
vocative	Karino	Kariny
locative	Karině	Karinách
instrumental	Karinou	Karinami

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

• Kaarin, arkina, kaarin, kairan, nikara, raakin

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

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Karina

1. a female given name, variant of Karin

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

Related terms

• Karīna
• Katrīna

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

• Karin

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

Declension of Karina

	singular	plural
nominative	Karina	Kariny
genitive	Kariny	Karín
dative	Karine	Karinám
accusative	Karinu	Kariny
locative	Karine	Karinách
instrumental	Karinou	Karinami

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, 2024

Spanish

Proper noun

Karina f

1. a female given name, variant of Carina

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka²riːna/

• Audio:

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• 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)

Anagrams

• anarki