Given name
Kaarin
Kaarin is a feminine given name from Swedish. It is used in Finnish and Estonian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kaarin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 89
- 0 boys · 89 girls
- Most popular year
- 1968
- 10 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 7 in 1988. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 187 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kaarin’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Kaarin has a related form in Karin. In Finnish usage, Kaarin has a conventional equivalent in the Swedish form Karin. In Finnish usage, Kaarin was borrowed from the Swedish form Karin.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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