Carina (first name)
Carina ( ital . "The Pretty") is a female given name , the German form is Karina .
origin
The name comes either from Italian and means “pretty”, “nice” or from Latin (Latin carus, -a, -um ), where it means “valuable” or “expensive”.
Due to the similarity of the names, Carina is also used as a variant of Karin or Karina and thus as a short form of Katharina .
name day
The name day is November 7th or March 24th (St. Catherine of Sweden), see also the list of name days .
Well-known namesake
- Carina Aulenbrock (* 1994), German volleyball player
- Carina Bär (* 1990), German rower
- Carina Barcos (* 1977), Argentine biathlete
- Carina Bargmann (* 1991), German author of fantasy novels for children and young people
- Carina Baumgärtner (* 1990), German trampoline gymnast
- Carina Benninga (* 1962), Dutch hockey player and Olympic champion
- Carina Braunschmidt (* 1971), German-Swiss actress
- Carina Burman (* 1960), Swedish writer and literary scholar
- Carina Christensen (* 1972), Danish entrepreneur and politician
- Carina "Nina" Clarkin (* 1982), English polo player
- Carina Dengler (* 1994), German actress and singer of popular music
- Carina Edlinger (* 1998), Austrian disabled athlete
- Carina von Enzenberg (* 1964), German translator
- Carina Felzmann (* 1965), Austrian entrepreneur
- Carina Diesing (* 1993), German actress
- Carina Gödecke (* 1958), German SPD politician
- Carina Hasenöhrl (* 1988), Austrian gymnast
- Carina Jonsson (* 1979), Swedish table tennis player
- Carina Krause (* 1967), German dialogue book author and photographer
- Carina Kühne (* 1985), German actress
- Carina Lau (* 1964), Chinese actress
- Carina Lilge-Leutner (1960–2017), Austrian long-distance runner
- Carina Linge (* 1976), German visual artist
- Carina Sophia Linne (* 1982), German sports historian and freelance author
- Carina Mair (* 1996), Austrian skeleton pilot
- Carina Meidele (* 1965), German curler
- Carina Mette (* 1982), German badminton player
- Carina Nel (* 1988), South African actress
- Carina Nopp (* 1989), Austrian musical actress
- Carina Plath (* 1966), German art historian and curator
- Carina Raich (* 1979), Austrian ski racer
- Carina Regauer (* 1984), German author, see CR Scott
- Carina-Maria Rief (* 1981), Austrian actress and speaker
- Carina Round (* 1979), British rock singer, songwriter and guitarist
- Carina Schlangen (* 1984), German soccer player
- Carina Schlueter (* 1996), German soccer goalkeeper
- Carina Schwab (* 1990), German luge athlete
- Carina Stockhammer (* 1991), Austrian handball player
- Carina Teutenberg (* 1977), German journalist and TV manager
- Carina Vogt (* 1992), German ski jumper
- Carina Wasle (* 1984), Austrian duo and triathlete
- Carina Wenninger (* 1991), Austrian soccer player
- Carina Wiese (* 1968), German actress
- Carina Witthöft (* 1995), German tennis player
- Carina Zöll (* 1990), German triathlete