Karina
Meaning of Karina
Karina, pronounced kah-REE-nah or the softer kuh-REE-nuh, is a little passport stamped with many stories. She began as the Latin “carus,” meaning “dear one,” twirled into the Slavic world as a cousin of Katherine’s “pure,” and even points to the southern sky where the Carina constellation glitters like a handful of rangoli stars. In Italy and Spain she’s all rolling r’s and café chatter; in English she slips on comfy sneakers and keeps moving. Indian parents often hear an echo of Bollywood glamour—think Kareena Kapoor—so the name feels both global and home-grown, like basmati rice with a side of salsa. Karina carries a sweet promise: be beloved, stay pure, shine bright. No wonder she’s hovered in U.S. charts for decades, never loud, always luminous, dancing forward year after year like a playful sitar riff.
Pronunciation
Italian
- Pronunced as kah-REE-nah (/kaˈriːna/)
Spanish
- Pronunced as kah-REE-nah (/kaˈɾiːna/)
English
- Pronunced as kuh-REE-nuh (/kəˈriːnə/)
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Notable People Named Karina
| Karina Maxine Gould is a Canadian Liberal MP who made history as the youngest woman to serve as a Cabinet minister and the first to have a child while in that role. |
| Karina Smirnoff is a professional ballroom dancer best known for winning season 13 of Dancing with the Stars with J. R. Martinez. |
| Karina Pasian is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. |
| Karina Canellakis is an American conductor and violinist. |
| Karina Bryant is a retired British judoka who won an Olympic bronze medal in 2012 and was a multiple European and World championship medalist. |
| Karina Constantino David - Karina Roxas Constantino David was a Filipino activist and public servant known for opposing the Marcos dictatorship and chairing the Civil Service Commission. |
| Karina Olkhovik is a Belarusian forward who plays for Fenerbahçe in the Turkish Women's Football Super League and the Belarus national team. |
| Spanish singer Karina gained fame in the late 1960s and 1970s, finishing second for Spain in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest. |
| Karina Lombard is a Tahitian-born actress known for her roles in Legends of the Fall, Timeless, and The L Word. |
| Karina Rodríguez - Karina Anaís Rodríguez is a U.S.-born defender for Club América who plays for the Mexican national team. |
| Karina Hollekim is a Norwegian free skier and BASE jumper who became the first woman to complete a ski BASE. |
| Karina Lorentzen Dehnhardt is a Danish Socialist People's Party politician who has served multiple terms in the Folketing, most recently elected in 2019. |
| Karina Maki is a Japanese handball player for Omron and the sister of professional footballers Seiichiro and Yuki Maki. |
| Karina Birkelund is a retired Norwegian alpine skier. |
| Karina Testa is a French actress who has appeared in over twenty films since 2001, including a lead role in Frontier(s). |
