Carina is a girl's name of Spanish origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. Its exact origin is debated among name scholars. In 2024 it was given to 147 girls in the United States.
Carina belongs to the Spanish tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Carina first appears in Social Security records in 1914. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #383 in 1995, and in 2024 147 babies received the name — 16,360 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Carina is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Spanish origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Carina is a girl name. In 2024, 147 babies received the name in the US.
Carina comes from the Spanish tradition.
Carina first appears in US records in 1914. Its best-ever ranking was #383 in 1995, and 147 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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