Karina (name)

Karina

Gender	female
Origin
Word/name	Latin (= precious)
Meaning	Work-a-holic
Other names
Related names	Carina, Katrina, Karine, Karin, Katerina, Kabrina, Kariena, Kareena, Karena

Karina /kəˈriːnə/ is a female given name of modern usage. It can be a variant spelling of Carina (from Latin carus = love) or a short form of Katarina/Katrina.

It is mainly used in Scandinavia, Poland, Italy, Spain, Portugal and the Americas.

In Poland, it is more likely derived from Ekaterina, another variant of Catherine – meaning "pure".

People with the given name

• Ana Karina Áñez (born 1985), Venezuelan model
• Anna Karina (1940–2019), Danish-French actress
• Karina, or Elda Neyis Mosquera (born 1963), Colombian guerrilla commander
• Karina (Spanish singer) (born 1946)
• Karina (Venezuelan singer) (born 1968)
• Karina Adsbøl (born 1976), Danish politician
• Karina Ambartsumova (born 1989), Russian chess player
• Karina Bisson (born 1966), Jersey bowler
• Karina Beteta (born 1975), Peruvian politician
• Karina Bryant (born 1979), British judoka
• Karina Christensen (born 1973), Danish footballer
• Karina Gauvin (born 1966), Canadian soprano
• Karina Habšudová (born 1973), Slovak tennis player
• Karina González (born 1991), Mexican model and beauty pageant
• Karina Gould (born 1987), Canadian politician
• Karina Jäger-von Stülpnagel, German ballerina
• Karina Jett, American poker player
• Karina Jørgensen (born 1988), Indian-born Danish badminton player
• Kareena Kapoor, Bollywood Indian actress
• Karina Lombard (born 1969), American actress
• Karina Maruyama (born 1983), Japanese actress and politician
• Karina Moya (born 1973), Argentine hammer thrower
• Karina Nadila, Miss Supranational Indonesia 2017
• Karina Nose (born 1984), Japanese model and actress
• Karina Ocasio (born 1985), Puerto Rican volleyball player
• Karina Pasian (born 1991), American singer and pianist
• Karina Penetito (born 1986), New Zealand rugby union player
• Karina Pētersone (born 1954), Latvian politician
• Karina Smirnoff (born 1978), Ukrainian dancer
• Karina Sørensen (born 1980), Danish badminton player
• Karina Sumner-Smith, Canadian writer
• Karina Ramos (born 1993), Costa Rican television host, model and beauty pageant
• Karina Vetrano (1986–2016), American speech-language pathologist and murder victim
• Karina Vnukova (born 1985), Lithuanian high jumper
• Karina Winter (born 1986), German athlete

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Karina
• All pages with titles containing Karina
• Karina (disambiguation)
• Carina (disambiguation), a homonym of Karina
• Karlina
• Karine