Karin

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Swedish Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

1) Swedish younger form of Kadhrin (see Katrina) [1] [2]

2) Swedish short form of Karolina (see Carolina) [1]

Related Names

     
Caren ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Carena ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Carene ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian Swedish
Cari ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian Swedish
Caria ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Carin ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Charin ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian Swedish
Gáre ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Gáren ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Kaalat ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Greenlandic
Kaarat ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Greenlandic
Kaari ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Kaarin ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Kaaru ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Káre ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Karen ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Icelandic Norwegian Swedish
Káren ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Karena ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Karender ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Karene ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian Swedish
Karener ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Karenius ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Karense ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Karensius ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Karentius ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Karenus ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Karete ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Kari ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Karia ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian Swedish
Karin ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Old Swedish Swedish
Karinus ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Norwegian
Karren ♀ Danish

See also Kajsa, Karina and Karne

Combinations

For combinations see KA (name element)

Name Days

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

2 August

Norway Norway

2 August

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

25 November

Sweden Sweden

2 August

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Karin
Accusative: Karina
Dative: Karini
Genitive: Karinar

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1460 [1]

Namesakes

Karin Månsdotter (6 November 1550 - 13 September 1612), Queen of Sweden, first a mistress and then the spouse of King Erik XIV of Sweden

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m1.png 75174 162881 0 5
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m0.png 15854 n.a. 0 n.a
Norway Norway[5] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m0.png 6828 13553 0 0
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f5.pngStatimg m0.png n.a. 8642 0 0
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[3][4][5][6]:Name statistics for Karin(f)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[5]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Karin(f)


Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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