Karine is a girl's name of French origin meaning “pure, chaste.” Its exact origin is debated among name scholars. In England & Wales it was given to 3 girls in 2008.
Karine belongs to the French tradition. Its meaning — “pure, chaste” — is the sense carried by its French roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Karine first appears in Social Security records in 1917. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1538 in 1966, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 1,206 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Karine means “pure, chaste” in its French roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Karine is a girl name. In England & Wales, 3 babies received the name in 2008.
Karine comes from the French tradition.
Karine first appears in US records in 1917. Its best-ever ranking was #1538 in 1966, and 0 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. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. 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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