Corin is a given name in English deriving from the Latin

Quirinus In Roman mythology and religion, Quirinus ( , ) is an early god of the Roman state. In Augustan Rome, ''Quirinus'' was also an epithet of Janus, as ''Janus Quirinus''. Name Attestations The name of god Quirinus is recorded across Roman sourc ...

, a Roman god. The meaning is unclear but is probably associated with "spear". The name is that of a character in William Shakespeare's ''As You Like It''. It is also used as a family name.

First name

Corin is a masculine or feminine given name. *

Corin Hewitt Corin Hewitt (born 1971) is an American artist. His work has been shown widely in the U.S. as well as Europe. He has had several U.S. solo museum exhibitions including at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland and ...

(born 1971), American sculptor and photographer *

Corin Mellor Corin Mellor (born 17 December 1966) is a designer specializing in silverware, tableware and furniture. Son of the biographer Fiona MacCarthy and the cutlery designer David Mellor, he succeeded his father on his retirement in 2002 as creative dir ...

(born 1966), British designer *

Corin Nemec Joseph Charles Nemec IV (born November 5, 1971), known professionally as Corin Nemec, is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter. He was billed as Corin "Corky" Nemec or Corky Nemec until 1990. Nemec is known for playing the title characte ...

(born 1971), American actor *

Corin Redgrave Corin William Redgrave (16 July 19396 April 2010) was an English actor and left-wing socialist activist. Early life Redgrave was born on 16 July 1939 in Marylebone, London, the only son and middle child of actors Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kem ...

(1939–2010), British actor and political activist *

Corin Robertson Corin Robertson (born 15 January 1972) is a British diplomat. She has previously served as British Ambassador to Mexico between 2018 and 2021, the Director of Estates and Security between 2014 and 2017 and the Deputy Head of Mission to the Britis ...

(born 1972), British diplomat *

Corin Thunderfist This is a list of characters in the series of fantasy novels by C. S. Lewis called ''The Chronicles of Narnia''. See also a list of Narnia Character Portrayals, portrayals. A *Ahoshta: a 60-year-old Tarkaan of Calormen who later becomes the Gra ...

, fictional character and twin of Cor in ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' *

Corin Tucker Corin Lisa Tucker (born November 9, 1972) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for her work with rock band Sleater-Kinney. Tucker is also a member of the alternative rock supergroup Filthy Friends, and previously recorded ...

(born 1972), American singer and guitarist

Surname

Jaclyn Corin Jaclyn Corin (born October 27, 2000) is an American activist against gun violence. She survived the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018. She is one of the co-founders of March for Our Lives and the organizer of a student protest to Tal ...

, American activist and advocate for gun control * Joshua Corin, American writer *

Lucy Corin Lucy Corin is an American novelist and short story writer. The winner of the 2012 American Academy of Arts and Letters John Guare Writer's Fund Rome Prize, Corin was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts creative writing fellowship in 2015. ...

, American writer *

William Corin William Corin (13 October 1867- 2 March 1929) was an English-born electrical engineer, who undertook some of the early design of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electricity Scheme in Australia. He was born in Kent, England and was educated at King's ...

(1867–1929), Australian electrical engineer

Related names

Corina Corina is a female given name of ancient Greek origin, derived from κόρη (''korē'') meaning "girl, maiden".Korin (disambiguation) People Korin may refer to: * Halyna Korin (1926–2014), Ukrainian-born Australian musician * Korin Louise Visocchi (born 1982), Detroit musician and artisan * Ogata Kōrin (尾形光琳1658–1716), Japanese painter of the Rinpa school, often ref ...

Corran (disambiguation) Corran may refer to: Given name *Corran Addison, South African canoeist * Corran Horn, fictional character from the ''Star Wars'' franchise * Corran McLachlan, scientist and entrepreneur *Coran: character from Voltron Surname * Andrew Corran, bor ...

Chorin (surname) Chorin is the surname of: * Aaron Chorin (1766–1844), Hungarian rabbi and religious reformer * Alexandre Chorin Alexandre Joel Chorin (born 25 June 1938) is an American mathematician known for his contributions to computational fluid mechan ...

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