Carina

Italian

"dear little one"

Carina Origin and Meaning

The name Carina is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning "dear little one".

Carina is a pretty delicately feminine name whose fall from popularity is not helped by its similarity to hurricane name Katrina or slang victim Karen.

Carina Rank in US Top 1000

# 948 in the US

Carina Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 848 on Nameberry

Carina Popularity

• 848 Nameberry 2024
• 422 Unique 2023
• 214 Germany 2016

20 Names Similar to Carina

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Carina.

• Karina
• Corinna
• Calista
• Cara
• Audrina
• Caterina
• Melina
• Celine
• Sabina
• Corinne
• Alina
• Annalise
• Adrienne
• Catalina
• Cherie
• Evelina
• Adora
• Adriana
• Adelina
• Alessandra

Famous People Named Carina

• Carina Lau (Kar ling), Hong Kong actress
• Carina Witthöft German tennis player
• Carina Marguerite Benninga Dutch Olympic field hockey player
• Carina Persson Swedish model
• Carina Rose Mariano (b. 2010) daughter of reality TV personalities Rob and Amber Mariano

Carina in Pop Culture

• Carina DeLuca character from the tv show, "Greys Anatomy"
• "Carina " popular song written by Alberto Testa and Corrado Lojacono
• "Carina " song by Swedish band Larz,Kristerz
• "Carina " song by English singer James Hunter
• Carina Press romance publisher
• Carina character in the movie "Guardians of the Galaxy"
• Carina Smyth character in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" (the character was named for the constellation Carina)
• Carina constellation in the southern sky; the name is Latin for "keel", referring to the keel of Jason's ship the Argo.
• As a Scandinavian name Carina is ultimately a form of Katherine (being a variation of Karin, Swedish short form of Katarina)