Karina /kəˈriːnə/ is a female

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

of modern usage. It can be a variant spelling of

Carina Carina may refer to: Places Australia * Carina, Queensland, a suburb in Brisbane * Carina Heights, Queensland, a suburb in Brisbane * Carina, Victoria, a locality in Mildura Serbia * Carina, Osečina, a village in the Kolubara District ...

(from Latin ''carus'' = love) or a short form of Katarina/

Katrina Katrina or Katrine may refer to: People * Katrina (given name) * Katrine (given name) Meteorology * List of storms named Katrina, a list of tropical cyclones designated as Katrina ** Hurricane Katrina, an exceptionally powerful Atlantic hurrican ...

, which in turn are variants of

Katherine Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and Catherina, other variations are feminine Given name, names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria ...

. It is mainly used in Scandinavia, France, Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, Ireland, Russia, Romania, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Croatia, Bulgaria and Austria.

People with the given name

Anna Karina Anna Karina (born Hanne Karin Blarke Bayer; September 22, 1940 – December 14, 2019)

(1940–2019), Danish-French actress *Karina, or

Elda Neyis Mosquera Elda Neyis Mosquera García (nom de guerre Karina a.k.a. Nelly Ávila Moreno) is the former commander of the 47th Front of FARC-EP, a communist rebel group in Colombia. She surrendered to the Colombian Military on 18 May 2008. She was subsequentl ...

(born 1963), Colombian guerrilla commander *

Karina (Spanish singer) María Isabel Llaudes Santiago (born 4 December 1945), better known by her stage name Karina, is a Spanish singer who had her biggest success in the late 1960s until the mid-1970s. She was born in Jaén, Andalusia to Trinidad Santiago and Salv ...

(born 1946) *

Karina (Venezuelan singer) Karina (born November 19, 1968, as Cynthia Karina Moreno Elías) is a Peruvian-born Venezuelan Latin pop music singer, songwriter, and actress. Her first major appearance was in the play ''El Taller Del Orfebre'', in which she sang the song "Z ...

(born 1968) *

Karina Adsbøl Karina Adsbøl (born 26 November 1976 in Kolding) is a Danish politician, who was a member of the Folketing for the Danish People's Party, until 2022, and since then for the Denmark Democrats. She was elected into parliament at the 2011 Danish gen ...

(born 1976), Danish politician * Karina Ambartsumova (born 1989), Russian chess player * Karina Bisson (born 1966), Jersey bowler * Karina Beteta (born 1975), Peruvian politician *

Karina Bryant Karina Bryant (born 27 January 1979) is a British retired elite judoka, who was active in elite senior competition in the 2000s and early 2010s. She represented Great Britain at four successive Olympics between 2000 and 2012, winning her first ...

(born 1979), British judoka * Karina Christensen (born 1973), Danish footballer *

Karina Gauvin Karina Gauvin is a Canadian soprano who has made several recordings and is especially recognised for her interpretation of Baroque music. ''Opera News'' stated that, "Gauvin knows how to rivet an audience in opera and concert. She has been a queen ...

(born 1966), Canadian soprano *

Karina Habšudová Karina Habšudová (; born 2 August 1973) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as 10 in the world (1997). Together with Karol Kučera, she won the Hopman Cup in 1998. Her best performance at a Grand Slam to ...

(born 1973), Slovak tennis player *

Karina González Laura Karina González Muñoz (born March 28, 1991) is a Mexican TV Host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Nuestra Belleza México 2011. she represented Mexico at Miss Universe 2012 in Las Vegas and placed in the Top 10. Pageantry ...

(born 1991), Mexican model and beauty pageant *

Karina Gould Karina Gould (born June 28, 1987) is a Canadian politician who has been the minister of families, children and social development since October 26, 2021. A member of the Liberal Party, she serves as a member of Parliament (MP) and has represent ...

(born 1987), Canadian politician *

Karina Jäger-von Stülpnagel Karina Jäger-von Stülpnagel is a German ballet dancer, choreographer, and dance teacher. She is a former soloist with the Royal Ballet of Flanders. Biography Jäger-von Stülpnagel is from Offenbach, Hesse, in Germany and is a member of the ...

, German ballerina *

Karina Jett Karina Niki Jett (née Mikelis) is a professional poker player. She may be best known for her appearances on the GSN series Poker Royale Battle of the Sexes. Jett also appeared in Poker After Dark as well as Late Night Poker's fourth seaso ...

, American poker player *

Karina Jørgensen Karina Jørgensen (born 10 October 1988) is an Indian-born Danish badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the ...

(born 1988), Indian-born Danish badminton player *

Kareena Kapoor Kareena Kapoor Khan (; ''née'' Kapoor; born 21 September 1980) is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood, Hindi films. She is the daughter of actors Randhir Kapoor and Babita, and the younger sister of actress Karisma Kapoor. Noted for pl ...

, Bollywood Indian actress *

Karina Krause Karina Krause ( th, คารีน่า เคร้าเซอ, born 11 February 1989) is a Thai indoor volleyball player. She is a member of the Thailand women's national volleyball team. Awards Individuals * '' 2016 Thai-Denmark Super L ...

(born 1989), Thai volleyball player *

Karina Lombard Karina Lombard is a Tahitian-born American actress. She appeared as Isabel Two in ''Legends of the Fall'', as chief Nonhelema in ''Timeless'', and as Marina Ferrer in the first season of ''The L Word''. She has also appeared in the films '' Wid ...

(born 1969), American actress *

Karina Maruyama is a Japanese ''tarento'' and former football player. She played for the Japanese national team. Since her retirement, Maruyama has been active as a television personality, represented by the talent agency Horipro. Club career Maruyama was b ...

(born 1983), Japanese football player *

Karina Moya Karina Moya (born September 28, 1973) is a retired hammer thrower from Argentina. She set her personal best throw (63.51 metres) on July 10, 2004 at a meet in Rosario, Santa Fe. Moya also competed in the discus throw The discus throw (), also ...

(born 1973), Argentine hammer thrower *

Karina Nadila Karina Nadila Niab (born August 21, 1992) is an Indonesian actress, commercial model, television host, beauty-preneur and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Puteri Indonesia Pariwisata 2017 at the Puteri Indonesia 2017 beauty pageant, ...

, Miss Supranational Indonesia 2017 *

Karina Nose (born February 21, 1984) is a Japanese model and actress. Her birth name is . She was born in Shōwa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. She played the lead role in the 2008 TBS drama ''Daisuki!!'' Filmography Dramas * ''Kabachitare'' (2001) * ''Lon ...

(born 1984), Japanese model and actress *

Karina Ocasio Karina Ocasio Clemente (born August 1, 1985) is a volleyball player from Puerto Rico, who competed for the Women's National Team at the 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Japan. There the team ended up in eighth and last place, having ...

(born 1985), Puerto Rican volleyball player *

Karina Pasian Karina Pasian (born July 18, 1991) is an American singer. Life and career Karina Pasian was born in New York City and is of Dominican Republic, Dominican descent. Her first language was Russian, and she can sing in six other languages, includ ...

(born 1991), American singer and pianist *

Karina Penetito Karina Stowers ( ''née'' Penetito; born 2 February 1986) is a New Zealand rugby union player. She played for internationally and provincially for Auckland. Rugby career Stowers made her test debut for New Zealand aged 19, on 29 June 2005 ag ...

(born 1986), New Zealand rugby union player *

Karina Pētersone Karina Pētersone (born 19 September 1954 in Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, rejec ...

(born 1954), Latvian politician *

Karina Smirnoff Karina Smirnoff (russian: Карина Смирнова, links=no; born January 2, 1978) is a Soviet-born American professional ballroom dancer of Ukrainian origins. She is known as a professional dancer on '' Dancing with the Stars,'' where s ...

(born 1978), Ukrainian dancer *

Karina Sørensen Karina Inge Sørensen (born 22 February 1980) is a retired Danish badminton player from Hvidovre BC. She graduated with a masters degree in international marketing from the University of Southern Denmark in 2008. She is also involved in judo as d ...

(born 1980), Danish badminton player * Karina Sumner-Smith, Canadian writer *

Karina Ramos Karina Ramos Leiton (born July 14, 1993, in Heredia, Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican TV Host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Costa Rica 2014 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2014. She's also the CEO, and owner ...

(born 1993), Costa Rican television host, model and beauty pageant *

Karina Vetrano Karina may refer to: People *Karina (name), a female given name (including a list of people with the given name) *Karina (American singer) (born 1991) *Karina (Spanish singer) María Isabel Llaudes Santiago (born 4 December 1945), better know ...

(1986–2016), American speech-language pathologist and murder victim * Karina Vnukova (born 1985), Lithuanian high jumper *

Karina Winter Karina Winter (born 14 January 1986), is an athlete from Germany, who competes in recurve archery and has represented Germany at numerous international World Archery competitions. She won the individual gold medal at the 2009 World In ...

(born 1986), German athlete

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