Carina

Italian

"dear little one"

Carina Origin and Meaning

The name Carina is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning "dear little one".

Carina is a pretty delicately feminine name whose fall from popularity is not helped by its similarity to hurricane name Katrina or slang victim Karen.

Carina Rank in US Top 1000

# 948 in the US

Carina Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 682 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Carina

• 682 Nameberry 2025
• 422 Unique 2023
• 214 Germany 2016

20 Names Similar to Carina

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Carina.

• Melina
• Milena
• Viviana
• Ciara
• Larissa
• Davina
• Samara
• Luciana
• Anika
• Katerina
• Celina
• Reina
• Amina
• Rosalia
• Natalya
• Katia
• Mariella
• Myra
• Liana
• Danica

Famous People Named Carina

• Carina Lau (Kar ling), Hong Kong actress
• Carina Witthöft German tennis player
• Carina Marguerite Benninga Dutch Olympic field hockey player
• Carina Persson Swedish model
• Carina Rose Mariano (b. 2010) daughter of reality TV personalities Rob and Amber Mariano

The name Carina in Pop Culture

• Carina DeLuca character from the tv show, "Greys Anatomy"
• "Carina " popular song written by Alberto Testa and Corrado Lojacono
• "Carina " song by Swedish band Larz,Kristerz
• "Carina " song by English singer James Hunter
• Carina Press romance publisher
• Carina character in the movie "Guardians of the Galaxy"
• Carina Smyth character in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" (the character was named for the constellation Carina)
• Carina constellation in the southern sky; the name is Latin for "keel", referring to the keel of Jason's ship the Argo.
• As a Scandinavian name Carina is ultimately a form of Katherine (being a variation of Karin, Swedish short form of Katarina)