Karinna
Feminine · “A spelling of Karina”
Karinna is Karina with a doubled n, a spelling of the Scandinavian and Slavic form of Katherine. Its most famous modern bearer, the actress Anna Karina, got the name from a fashion designer.
How old is the name Karinna?
Karinna first appears in US birth records in 1973 — 52 years ago. The typical Karinna alive today was born around 1998, making them about 27 years old. About 600 people named Karinna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Karinna most popular?
Karinna peaked in 1995, reaching #3022 nationally. See the whole 1995 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Katherine to Karinna
The story of Karinna
Hanne Karin Bayer, a young Danish model working in Paris, was told by Coco Chanel to call herself Anna Karina; under that name she became the face of the French New Wave in Jean-Luc Godard's films, among them Pierrot le Fou and Vivre sa vie. Karinna, with its doubled n, is one of the spellings of Karina used by American families; nothing records why the extra letter was added.
Meaning
A spelling of Karina, a form of Katherine
Karina is a Scandinavian and Slavic form of Katherine; Karinna doubles the n.
How the name formed
- Katherine
- Karin
- Karina
- Karinna
Related forms: Karina · Karina · Katherine
Pronouncing Karinna
kuh-REE-nuh
Three syllables with the stress on the second.
Nicknames for Karinna
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1973
- Most girls named
- 199538 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3022reached in 1995
- Change vs 2022
- 0.0%5 in 2024, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Karinna in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Karina in Swedish — same name
- Karina in Russian — same name
- Katherine in English — related form
Karinnas among us
people named Karinna are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Karinna sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds like Karina, a name many people know.
- Comes with Kari and Rina as ready short forms.
- Rare in this spelling.
- People will write Karina or Carina.
- Some will read the doubled n as a slip.
- It is close to many similar names, so it will need spelling.
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Frequently asked
- How many Karinnas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Karinna are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Karinna in 2025?
- Karinna is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Karinna will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More K names
The most-given names starting with K, all years combined.
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