Carina
Italian
"dear little one"
Updated Wed Nov 29 2023
Carina Origin and Meaning
The name Carina is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning "dear little one".
Carina is a pretty feminissima name whose fall from popularity may be speeded by similarity to (hurricane name) Katrina.
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Carina Popularity
20 Names Similar to Carina
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Famous People Named Carina
- Carina Lau (Karling), Hong Kong actress
- Carina WitthöftGerman tennis player
- Carina Marguerite BenningaDutch Olympic field hockey player
- Carina PerssonSwedish model
- Carina Rose Mariano (b. 2010)daughter of reality TV personalities Rob and Amber Mariano
Carina in Pop Culture
- Carina DeLucacharacter 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 Pressromance publisher
- Carinacharacter in the movie "Guardians of the Galaxy"
- Carina Smythcharacter in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales" (the character was named for the constellation Carina)
- Carinaconstellation in the southern sky; the name is Latin for "keel", referring to the keel of Jason's ship the Argo.
- As a Scandinavian nameCarina is ultimately a form of Katherine (being a variation of Karin, Swedish short form of Katarina)