Given name & surname
Corina
“a spear-wielding woman”
Corina is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “a spear-wielding woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “a spear-wielding woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Corina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15,925
- 0 boys · 15,925 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 399 babies
- 2025
- 37
- #3,921 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −25%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 37 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,921 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 25.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 399 in 1992. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 16,147 as a first name in 2020; 166 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Corina’s family of names
Corina has a related form in Corinne. Corina has a related form in Corrine. In German usage, Corina has a related form in Corinna.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 31
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Corinnevariant
- Corrinevariant
- Corinnavariant · German, English
- Corinvariant
- Corrinavariant
- Corynnvariant
- Corynvariant
- Corrynvariant
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- Corinnvariant
- Corrinvariant
- Corrinnevariant · English
- Corynnevariant
- Corrinnavariant
- Corrinnvariant
- Corrindavariant
- Correnavariant
- Corindavariant
- Corennevariant
- Correenavariant
- Correenvariant
- Corinevariant
- Corenavariant
- Corenvariant
- Coreenevariant
- Coreenvariant
- Correanavariant
- Coreanavariant
- Corynnavariant
- Correndavariant
- Corriennevariant
- Corriannevariant
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Corina
- Corina MorariuUS tennis playerborn 1978
- Corina CasanovaSwiss politicianborn 1956
- Corina CrețuRomanian politicianborn 1967
- Corina CăprioriuRomanian judokaborn 1986
- Corina SmithVenezuelan singerborn 1991
- Corina UngureanuRomanian gymnastborn 1980
- Corina PeptanRomanian chess playerborn 1978
- Corina ChiriacRomanian musician and actressborn 1949
- Corina BrussaardDutch leading scientist for Antarctic viral ecologyborn 1964
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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