Given name
Karyna
“one who is dear and pure”
Karyna is a variant of Karina. One Scandinavian and Russian interpretation is “one who is dear and pure.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Karyna is a variant of Karina. One Scandinavian and Russian interpretation is “one who is dear and pure.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Karyna is a variant of Karina. Karina has been associated with Scandinavian and Russian naming traditions. The precise derivation is uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Karyna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 858
- 0 boys · 858 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 42 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,043 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −34%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,043 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 42 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,055 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.
Karyna’s family of names
Karyna has a related form in Karina. In English usage, Karyna has a conventional equivalent in the German form Carina.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Karyna
- Karyna KazlouskayaBelarusian archerborn 2000
- Karyna DemidikBelarusian athletics competitorborn 1999
- Karyna YarmolenkaBelarusian rhythmic gymnastborn 2000
- Karyna GomesBissau-Guinean singer and journalistborn 1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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