Karin

See also: karin and karın

English

Etymology

From Swedish Karin or Danish Karin, a medieval form of Katarina, ultimately from Ancient Greek Αἰκατερῑ́νη (Aikaterī́nē). See also Karen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkærɪn/, /kəˈɹɪn/, or like Karen
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Proper noun

Karin

1. A female given name from Danish [in turn from Ancient Greek Αἰκατερῑ́νη (Aikaterī́nē)], variant of Karen.
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Translations

female given name from a Swedish form of Catherine

• Danish: Karin
• Estonian: Karin
• Faroese: Karin
• Finnish: Kaarina (fi)
• French: Karine (fr)
• German: Karin (de)
• Hebrew: קרין (he), קארין (karín)
• Norwegian: Karin (no)
• Swedish: Karin (sv)

See also

• Carina; Corinne
• Karin Tak

Anagrams

• -kinra, Kiran, nakir

Danish

Etymology

Medieval variant of Katrine, today often considered Swedish. Cognate with Danish Karen.

Proper noun

Karin

1. a female given name

References

• [2] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 20 500 females with the given name Karin have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

Estonian

Proper noun

Karin

1. a female given name, from a Scandinavian variant of Katariina (“Catherine”)

See also

• Kaarin

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰɛaːɹɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːɹɪn

Proper noun

Karin f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• Karin's son: Karinarson
• Karin's daughter: Karinardóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Karin
accusative	Karina
dative	Karini
genitive	Karinar

French

Proper noun

Karin f

1. a female given name, less common form of Karine

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Karin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːʁɪn/, /ˈkaːʁiːn/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Karin f (genitive Karins, or with an article Karin)

1. a female given name, popular in Germany from the 1930s to the 1960s

Japanese

Romanization

Karin

1. Rōmaji transcription of かりん

Norwegian

Etymology

Medieval variant of Katrine, today often considered Swedish.

Proper noun

Karin

1. a female given name

Related terms

• Kari

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [3] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 13 533 females with the given name Karin living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Carin

Etymology

A contraction of Katarina. First recorded in Sweden in 1460.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Karin c (genitive Karins)

1. a female given name

Derived terms

• Karina (elaboration)

Descendants

• → Danish: Karin
• → Dutch: Karin
• → English: Karin
• → Estonian: Karin
• → Faroese: Karin
• → Finnish: Kaarina
• → French: Karine, Carine
• → German: Karin
• → Norwegian: Karin

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [4] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 162 881 females with the given name Karin living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on May 19th, 2011.