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Carina

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English

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Etymology 1

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Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin carīna (“the keel of a ship”)

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Carina

  1. (astronomy) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the keel of a ship. It contains the star Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.
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Etymology 2

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Name of a fourth century martyr, feminine of Latin carinus, derivative of carus "beloved"; also a latinization of Karina and Karin (= Catherine) in northern Europe.

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Carina

  1. A female given name from Latin occasionally used in English.
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Etymology 3

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Unknown.

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Carina

  1. A locality in the Rural City of Mildura, north western Victoria, Australia

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Danish

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Carina

  1. a female given name, variant of Karina

French

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Carina f

  1. a female given name, variant of Karina

German

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Carina

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Carina

Latin

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Carīna m sg (genitive Carīnae); first declension

  1. a town in Phrygia, mentioned by Pliny
  2. A mountain of Crete

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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Carīna
genitive Carīnae
dative Carīnae
accusative Carīnam
ablative Carīnā
vocative Carīna
locative Carīnae

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  • “Carina”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

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A spelling variant of Karina, a newer form of Katrina, ultimately from Ancient Greek Αἰκατερίνη (Aikaterínē, “female given name”). The original meaning is uncertain, though the name was early associated with καθαρός (katharós, “pure”). Alternatively, Carina may derive from the Latin name Cara, from the feminine form cara (“dear, beloved”) of carus (“dear, beloved”).[1]

Compare Danish Carina and Swedish Carina (“female given name”).

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Carina

  1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Carina, chiefly a spelling variant of Karina

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  • The popularity of Carina in Norway increased during the second half of the twentieth century, probably partly through Swedish influence.[1]

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  • According to Statistics Norway, 2,556 women in Norway had Carina as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025.[2]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “Carina – kvinnenamn”, Store norske leksikon.
  2. ^ Table 10501: “Personer, etter jentenavn og guttenavn”, Statistics Norway.

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Ultimately from Latin carus.

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Carina f (plural Carinas)

  1. a female given name

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  • IPA(key): /kaˈɾina/ [kaˈɾi.na]
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: Ca‧ri‧na

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Carina f

  1. a female given name
  2. (astronomy) Carina (constellation)

Swedish

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Latinate form of Karin. Can also be associated with Latin Carina. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1877.

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Carina c (genitive Carinas)

  1. a female given name

References

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  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 46 821 females with the given name Carina living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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