Carina
Meaning and origin
Latinate form of Karin. Can also be associated with Latin Carina. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1877.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Carina (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Carina has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2017. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 5 |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 6 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 29,518 |
| 2000 | 29,606 |
| 2001 | 29,658 |
| 2002 | 29,717 |
| 2003 | 30,045 |
| 2004 | 30,099 |
| 2005 | 29,819 |
| 2006 | 29,811 |
| 2007 | 29,790 |
| 2008 | 30,098 |
| 2009 | 30,071 |
| 2010 | 30,083 |
| 2011 | 30,061 |
| 2012 | 30,027 |
| 2013 | 30,012 |
| 2014 | 29,964 |
| 2015 | 29,922 |
| 2016 | 29,863 |
| 2017 | 29,800 |
| 2018 | 29,727 |
| 2019 | 29,666 |
| 2020 | 29,589 |
Carina in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Carina.Hi! My name is Carina.
- Carina bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Carina lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Carina kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Carina is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Carinas mamma är lärare.Carina's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Carinas mamma is Carina's mum.
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Questions about Carina
How do you pronounce Carina in Swedish?
In IPA, Carina is /ka²riːna/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Carina mean?
Latinate form of Karin. Can also be associated with Latin Carina. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1877.
How popular is Carina in Sweden?
2 babies were named Carina in 2022. In 2020, 29,589 people in Sweden had Carina as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2017 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.