Karina

What Karina means

Form of Catherine, possibly meaning “each of the two”

form of Karin || Borrowed from French Catherine, from Ancient Greek Αἰκατερίνη (Aikaterínē), *Ἑκατερίνη (*Hekaterínē), of debated meaning, possibly from ἑκάτερος (hekáteros, “each of the two”), or from the name of the goddess Hecate.

Source: Wiktionary, “Karina” (revision 92997770) and “Catherine” (revision 93813067), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Karina?

US: Falling: down from #459 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #478 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1995, when 2,985 girls got the name (#109 that year). First in the US records in 1956.

How common

• About 1 in 4,428 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,332 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in CA (0.45 per 1,000 girls), MN (0.42 per 1,000 girls), KY (0.41 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Karina is #749 in the US and #872 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Karina were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Carina134 US · 11 E&W
• Corina37 US
• Kareena15 US
• Karena15 US
• Korina15 US
• Korinna7 US
• Karyna6 US
• Kiarna0 US · 3 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Karina

Girls

• Alexandra#237“to defend + man”^*
• Kathryn#729Variant of Catherine, possibly meaning “each of the two”^*
• Alexandria#474Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #212 in 2015, #474 in 2025
• Katherine#186Variant of Catherine, possibly meaning “each of the two”^*
• Alexis#554“helper, defender”^*
• Nancy#965Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #78 vs #965 in 2025

For a brother

• Nicholas#112“victory + people”^*
• Alex#232Short form of Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Zachary#216“Yahweh has remembered”^*
• Andrew#73“manly”^*
• Jason#165“I heal”^*
• Alec#977Diminutive of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Greek, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Karina’s. Rank is US 2025.