Given name & surname
Sarina
“princess”
Sarina is a variant of Sarah. Sarah means “princess” in Hebrew.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sarina is a variant of Sarah. Sarah means “princess” in Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sarina is a variant of Sarah. Sarah comes from Hebrew biblical tradition and is the name given to Abraham’s wife in Genesis.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Sarina is a variant of Sarah. The shared background comes through Sarah: In the biblical account, Sarai is renamed Sarah as part of a blessing. Later Irish and Scottish uses sometimes adopted Sarah in place of local Gaelic names, a separate practice from its Hebrew origin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Sarina is a variant of Sarah. The history of Sarah gives this family its wider story. Sarah is remembered in Genesis as Abraham’s wife and Isaac’s mother. Sarah’s later local adaptations included use for Sorcha in Ireland and Mor in Scotland, showing how an established biblical name could serve different naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Sarina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,624
- 0 boys · 9,624 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 296 babies
- 2025
- 117
- #1,745 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 117 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,745 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 8.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 296 in 1996. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (26). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,299 as a first name in 2020; 129 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.
Sarina’s family of names
In Italian usage, Sarina is a diminutive of SARETTA. Sarina has a related form in Sarah. In Italian usage, Sarina has a diminutive in SARETTA.
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Around the world
Sarina has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Sabrinaequivalent
- Carinaequivalent
- Zarinaequivalent
- Arinaequivalent
- Serinaequivalent
- Sariaequivalent
- Заринаequivalent
- SaruniaPolish
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Sarina
- Sarina WiegmanDutch footballer and manager (born 1969)
- Sarina FarhadiIranian actressborn 1992
- Sarina BoldenFilipino association football playerborn 1996
- Sarina KogaJapanese volleyball playerborn 1996
- Sarina HülsenbeckEast German swimmerborn 1962
- Death of Sarina Esmailzadehdeath of a protester during 2022 protests in Iran2006–2022
- Sarina SuzukiJapanese actressborn 1977
- Sarina ParisCanadian singerborn 1973
- Sarina SatomiJapanese para-badminton playerborn 1998
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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