Carina

Meaning: Dear, beloved
Origin: Latin

Girl's name · #1572 in the US (2025) · 90s wave

Popularity over time

Carina's best rank, #383, came in 1995; it has settled back to #1572 today. Roughly 16,000 girls have been named Carina since 1914.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#366 in Austria (2025) · #547 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,315 in Canada (2025) · #1,522 in Sweden (2025) · #2,440 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,029 in Ecuador (2025) · #3,304 in Italy (2024) · #790 in Scotland (2024) · #898 in Ireland (2024) · #4,060 in France (2024) · #1,350 in Belgium (2022) · #477 in Norway (2020) and 4 more.

Famous Carinas

Carina Lau — Hong Kong actress (born 1965)
Carina Round — English musician (born 1979)
Carina Driscoll — American politician (born 1973)
Carina Wiese — German actress (born 1968)
Carina Ricco — Mexican musician (born 1968)

In stories & tradition

Carina Smyth^it — Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell no Tales (film)
Carina Tivan — The Avengers (comics)
Carina Miller^it — Chuck (TV series)

What Carinas become

Among 685 notable people named Carina:

Medical professionals appear 2.39× more often than among typical names — e.g. Carina Tyrrell, Swiss-British physician (born 1989).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Karina (#750), Carina would rank around #592 with about 500 births last year — the newborns split about 73/27 between Karina and Carina.

Similar names: Karina · Nicolette · Karissa · Sarina · Selina · Charity

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