Karin

Usage of Karin in different languages / cultures

The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Karin against each list of names.

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Albanian

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Arabic

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Armenian

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Bengali

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Bulgarian

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Catalan

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Chinese

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Cornish

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Croatian

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Czech

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Danish

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Dothraki

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Dutch

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English

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Estonian

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Filipino

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Finnish

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French

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Georgian

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German

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Greek

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Hawaiian

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Hebrew

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Hindi

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Hungarian

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Icelandic

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Indonesian

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Irish

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Italian

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Japanese

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Khmer

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Klingon

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Korean

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Latin

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Persian

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Romanian

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Russian

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Ukrainian

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Yiddish

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Yoruba

Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Karin is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.

Featured in baby name books

Karin is Greek for “pure maiden.”

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Karin in official name statistics

United States

Fewer than 5 girls were named Karin in the US in 2025. Since 1907, 28,532 girls have been named Karin, with the most (1,051) in 1970.

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Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.

Other countries

Where	Rank	Count	Source
Mexico (Mexico City)	#660 boys	5	Dirección General del Registro Civil de la Ciudad de México (Portal de Datos Abiertos de la CDMX), 2022
Norway	#454 girls	5	Statistics Norway (SSB), 2025
Slovenia	#180 girls	7	Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS), 2025
Sweden	#164 girls	55	Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket), 2025
Belgium (Flanders)	#94 girls (all ages)	6,382	Statbel (Belgian federal statistical office), 2024
Estonia	#49 girls (all ages)	2,642	Statistics Estonia (Statistikaamet), based on the Population Register, 2026
Finland	#302 girls (all ages)	1,618	Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), 2026
Israel	#215 girls (all ages)	4,322	Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Israel - from the Population Register, 1949-2024
Israel	#269 girls (all ages)	2,902	Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Israel - from the Population Register, 1949-2024
Norway	#50 girls (all ages)	10,264	Statistics Norway (SSB), 2025
Poland	#585 girls (all ages)	657	Ministry of Digital Affairs (Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji), PESEL register, via dane.gov.pl, 2026
Slovakia	#89 girls (all ages)	96	City of Banská Bystrica (municipal e-government open data), 2026
Slovenia	#148 girls (all ages)	1,717	Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS), 2026
Sweden	#8 girls (all ages)	151,271	Statistics Sweden (SCB), 2020
Switzerland	#17 girls (all ages)	22,319	Federal Statistical Office (BFS/OFS), STATPOP, 2025

Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.

Karin in other languages

Karina Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish
Karen Danish, Dutch, English, Japanese
Katja Dutch, Finnish, Slovenian, Swedish
Catherine Dutch, English, French
Katarina Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish
Katharina Dutch, German, Swedish
Catarina Italian, Portuguese
Catharine Dutch, English
Kaisa Estonian, Finnish
Kari Finnish, Norwegian
Katariina Estonian, Finnish
Kate Dutch, Latvian
Katri Estonian, Finnish
Katrin Estonian, German
Екатерина Bulgarian, Russian
Carin Dutch
Catalina Spanish
Caterina Italian
Catharina Dutch
Cathie English
Cathy English
Catrin Welsh
Kaarina Finnish
Kajsa Swedish
Katalin Hungarian
Katarzyna Polish
Katarína Icelandic
Kateřina Czech
Katherine English
Katia Italian

Karin name days

August 2 Norway
August 2 Sweden

Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Asteroid Karin

There is an asteroid named Karin (number 832).

More information

Towns named Karin

There are 36 towns and villages with Karin in their name, in 15 countries.

🇵🇰 Pakistan 13🇸🇴 Somalia 5🇦🇫 Afghanistan 2🇩🇪 Germany 2🇭🇷 Croatia 2🇮🇷 Iran 2🇲🇲 Myanmar 2🇦🇲 Armenia 1

Karin, Aragatsotn, Armenia · population 953 · View larger map

Name	Where	Population
Karin	Aragatsotn, 🇦🇲 Armenia	953	Map
Gornji Karin	Zadar, 🇭🇷 Croatia	824	Map
Donji Karin	Zadar, 🇭🇷 Croatia	152	Map
Karín Urzúa	Colima, 🇲🇽 Mexico	5	Map
Af Karin	Bari, 🇸🇴 Somalia	–	Map
Alt Karin	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 🇩🇪 Germany	–	Map
Bar Karin	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 🇵🇰 Pakistan	–	Map
Campo Karin	Beni Department, 🇧🇴 Bolivia	–	Map
El Karin	Marrakesh-Safi, 🇲🇦 Morocco	–	Map
Haji Karin	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 🇵🇰 Pakistan	–	Map