Given name
Kaarina
Kaarina is a feminine given name, probably from Swedish. It is used in Finnish.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kaarina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29
- 0 boys · 29 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 7 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 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 191 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.
Kaarina’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Kaarina was borrowed from the Swedish form Karina. In Finnish usage, Kaarina has a conventional equivalent in the English form Karin. In Finnish usage, Kaarina has a conventional equivalent in the German form Katharina.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 45
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Catalinaequivalent
- Katherineequivalent
- Catherineequivalent
- Katieequivalent
- Karinasource · Swedish
- Karenequivalent
- Katerinaequivalent
- Katarinaequivalent
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- Catarinaequivalent
- Katiaequivalent
- Katrinaequivalent
- Katyequivalent
- Katyaequivalent
- Caterinaequivalent
- Ekaterinaequivalent
- KatharinaGerman
- Kathrineequivalent
- Kaisaequivalent
- Catharinaequivalent
- Cathrynequivalent
- KarinEnglish
- Carinequivalent
- Katjaequivalent
- Kajsaequivalent
- Kathieequivalent
- Katalinequivalent
- Kareenequivalent
- Katrineequivalent
- Cathrineequivalent
- Katarzynaequivalent
- Catrinequivalent
- Cathieequivalent
- Catharineequivalent
- Katriequivalent
- Katrinequivalent
- Ekaterineequivalent
- Katriinaequivalent
- Chatrineequivalent
- Katriinequivalent
- Jekaterinaequivalent
- Katariinaequivalent
- Kateřinaequivalent
- Katrijnequivalent
- Katarínaequivalent
- Екатеринаequivalent
People named Kaarina
- Kaarina Multialashopkeeper from 16th century1600–1600
- Kaarina KaikkonenFinnish sculptor (born 1952)
- Kaarina SuonioFinnish politicianborn 1941
- Kaarina GoldbergFinnish writerborn 1956
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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