Given name & surname
Coreen
“a spear-wielding woman”
Coreen is a variant of Corina. One Latin interpretation is “a spear-wielding woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Coreen is a variant of Corina. One Latin interpretation is “a spear-wielding woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Coreen is a variant of Corina. An origin associated with Corina is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Coreen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,475
- 0 boys · 2,475 girls
- Most popular year
- 1968
- 75 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 75 in 1968. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,279 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 74,008 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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