Karina
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given name Katarina and elaboration of Karin.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Karina (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Karina has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2011. 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 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 4 |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,425 |
| 2000 | 2,435 |
| 2001 | 2,459 |
| 2002 | 2,481 |
| 2003 | 2,510 |
| 2004 | 2,539 |
| 2005 | 2,528 |
| 2006 | 2,549 |
| 2007 | 2,576 |
| 2008 | 2,624 |
| 2009 | 2,639 |
| 2010 | 2,672 |
| 2011 | 2,688 |
| 2012 | 2,703 |
| 2013 | 2,698 |
| 2014 | 2,702 |
| 2015 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 2,720 |
| 2017 | 2,730 |
| 2018 | 2,742 |
| 2019 | 2,726 |
| 2020 | 2,720 |
Karina in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Karina.Hi! My name is Karina.
- Karina bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Karina lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Karina har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Karina has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Karinas mamma är lärare.Karina's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Karinas mamma is Karina's mum.
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Questions about Karina
How do you pronounce Karina in Swedish?
In IPA, Karina is /ka²riːna/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Karina mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given name Katarina and elaboration of Karin.
How popular is Karina in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Karina in 2022. In 2020, 2,720 people in Sweden had Karina as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2011 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.