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Meaning of the nameCarina

Carina is a spelling of the name Karina, which means “from Latin carus, 'dear'”.

Meaning

“from Latin carus, 'dear'”

Source: Wiktionary: Carina · Behind the Name: Carina · Wiktionary: carus

People (2022)
51,401
Rank in Brazil
#556
Median age
33 years
2010 Census
63,555
people

Carina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Carina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (20,965 people).

51,206 women 195 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Carina is most common

States with the highest share of people named Carina in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.062%
  2. São Paulo 0.035%
  3. Santa Catarina 0.033%
  4. Rio de Janeiro 0.033%
  5. Amapá 0.029%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo15,3800.035%
Rio Grande do Sul6,7880.062%
Rio de Janeiro5,2130.033%
Minas Gerais4,4840.022%
Bahia3,7760.027%
Paraná2,8070.025%
Santa Catarina2,5130.033%
Pará1,4920.018%
Pernambuco9820.011%
Espírito Santo8490.022%
Goiás8240.012%
Ceará7470.009%
Maranhão7150.011%
Amazonas6280.016%
Mato Grosso6220.017%
Mato Grosso do Sul5980.022%
Distrito Federal5800.021%
Rondônia4180.026%
Sergipe3550.016%
Piauí2880.009%
Paraíba2770.007%
Rio Grande do Norte2410.007%
Alagoas2230.007%
Amapá2150.029%
Acre1720.021%
Tocantins1170.008%
Roraima970.015%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Carina

With an initial C, it is the spelling that Wiktionary links to Latin carus, 'dear'.

About the name Karina

Behind the Name describes Karina as an elaborated form of Karin, the Swedish short form of Katherine, a Greek name whose etymology is debated. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil treats Karina as a written variant of Carina and cites José Pedro Machado, for whom the name comes from the English Karen, Karina or Katharine, perhaps through Danish or Swedish influence. For this reason, the meaning of Karina is uncertain. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 119,600 people named Karina, with a median age of 32.

Other spellings of Karina

SpellingPeople (2022)
Karina119,600
Carina51,401

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Carina · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Carina · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: carus · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Behind the Name: Karina · behindthename.com · origin
  5. Behind the Name: Karin · behindthename.com · origin
  6. Behind the Name: Katherine · behindthename.com · origin
  7. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Karina · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Carina

What does the name Carina mean?

Carina means “from Latin carus, 'dear'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Carina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 51,401 people with the first name Carina, which ranks it number 556 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Carina a boy's or a girl's name?

Carina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 51,206 women and 195 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Carina?

Carina is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Carina most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.062% of the state's population is named Carina (6,788 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Carina?

Karina. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

More names of Latin origin

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