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English
Proper noun
Karina
- A female given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage, a form of Karin (Catherine) long used in Scandinavia, or from Carina.
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Karina f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Karin or Karina
Declension
Declension of Karina (hard feminine)
Danish
Proper noun
Karina
- a female given name derived from Katharina ( =Catherine)
Estonian
Proper noun
Karina
- a female given name, variant of Katariina
Faroese
Proper noun
Karina f
- a female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Karina: Karinuson
- daughter of Karina: Karinudóttir
Declension
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singular
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indefinite
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nominative
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Karina
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accusative
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Karinu
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dative
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Karinu
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genitive
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Karinu
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Finnish
Proper noun
Karina
- essive singular of Kari
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from English Karina, a variant of French Karine.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Karina f
- a female given name from English or Ancient Greek
German
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Karina
- a female given name, variant of Karin
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From Swedish and Danish Karina.
Proper noun
Karina f
- a female given name
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- Population Register of Latvia: Karina was the only given name of 2735 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Norwegian
Proper noun
Karina
- a female given name derived from Katarina
Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Swedish Karin.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Karina f (genitive singular Kariny, nominative plural Kariny, declension pattern of žena)
- a female given name
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Karina”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Spanish
Proper noun
Karina f
- a female given name, variant of Carina
Swedish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Karina c (genitive Karinas)
- a diminutive of the female given name Katarina and elaboration of Karin
Descendants
Anagrams