Corinna
Corinna is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
The name goes back to the famous Greek poet Korinna ( diminutive from Greek κόρη kórē "girl"). Ovid took Corinna (also as a diminutive of Latin cor , "little heart") as the name for the lover of the elegiac ego in his Cupids .
In modern times, the name began to spread with the novel Corinne ou l'Italie (1807) by Madame de Staël .
variants
- Coco, Corin, Corina, Corine, Corinne, Corynne, Coko, Cori, Cory
- Korina, Korine, Korinna, Korinne
- Koryna, Korynna ( Polish )
- See also Corrina, Corrina
Well-known namesake
- Corina Casanova (* 1956), Swiss lawyer, from 2008 to 2015 Federal Chancellor
- Corine Mauch (* 1960), Swiss politician (SP), Mayor of Zurich
- Corinna Emundts (* 1970), German journalist
- Corinna Genest (* 1938), German actress
- Corinna Harder (* 1970), German writer
- Corinna Harfouch (* 1954), German actress
- Corinna Hein (* 1983), German art cyclist
- Corinna Hilss (* 1970), German reporter, presenter and editor
- Corinna Kamper (* 1994), Austrian automobile racing driver
- Corinna Kirchhoff (* 1958), German actress
- Corinna Körting (* 1967), German Protestant theologian
- Corinna May (* 1970), German pop singer
- Corinna Miazga (* 1983), German politician
- Corinna Milborn (* 1972), Austrian journalist
- Corinna Mühlhausen (* 1970), German trend researcher and journalist
- Corinna Müller (* 1966), German detective and author
- Corinna Scharzenberger (* 1990), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
- Corinna Schumacher (* 1969), wife of Michael Schumacher and European champion in reining - western riding
- Corinna T. Sievers (* 1965), German writer
- Corinna Soria (* 1962), Austrian writer
- Corinna Spies (* 1950), German journalist and presenter
- Corinna Werwigk-Hertneck (* 1952), German politician (FDP)
- Corinne Allal (* 1955), Israeli rock musician and music producer
- Corinne Bailey Rae (* 1979), British soul singer
- Corinne Cléry (* 1950), French actress
- Corinne Ellemeet (* 1976), Dutch politician at GroenLinks
- Corinne Hermès (* 1961), French singer
- Corinne Maier (* 1963), French psychoanalyst and essayist
- Corinne Niogret (* 1972), French biathlete
- Corinne Rey-Bellet (1972–2006), Swiss ski racer
- Corinne Schmidhauser (* 1964), Swiss ski racer
- Corinne Schneider (* 1962), Swiss athlete and politician (FDP)
- Corinne Suter (* 1994), Swiss ski racer
- Corynne Charby (* 1960), French actress and singer
- María Corina Machado (* 1967), Venezuelan politician
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rada języka Polskiego : Aneks do obowiązującego wykazu Imion. In: rjp.pan.pl. 2007, Retrieved November 16, 2012 (Polish).