| Name info: About the name Karin in particular | | Gender: | female |
| Languages of use: | German, Scandinavian, Finnish |
| Diminutives: | Kajsa |
| Topics: | Asteroid 832 Karin, discovered 1916, diameter 19.2 km, period 18.82 years |
| US 2021 rank: | not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below |
| Similarly written: | Carin, Darin, Kadin, Kain, Karen, Kari, Kari, Kári, Karim, Karina Details |
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| Group info: About Karin, the group of names with the same origin as Karin | | Meaning/translation: | maybe the pure |
| Language of origin: | Old Greek |
| Info about origin: | Scandinavian derivation of Catharina |
| | often said to be connected to Latin carus (dear) because of the similarity |
| Words: | carus = dear, beloved Latin |
| | katharos = pure Old Greek |
| Topics: | Words |
| Variants' top ranks: | 3:Karen England+Wales 1964, 8:Karin Sweden 2014, 35:Kajsa Sweden 2000, 46:Karina Peru 2015, 73:Kaia New Zealand 2022, 181:Karine Belgium 2013 |
| Somehow related to: | Katherine |
| Name variants: | Caren, Carin, Kaia, Kajsa, Karen, Karin, Karina, Karine Sortable list Details |
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