Karin

Where Karin comes from

From Swedish Karin or Danish Karin, a medieval form of Katarina, ultimately from Ancient Greek Αἰκατερῑ́νη (Aikaterī́nē). See also Karen.
— Wiktionary's entry for Karin
  • Danish
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1900
    Karin Boye born
    Swedish poet and novelist
  2. 1907
    First appearance
    #1,821 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1963
    Karin Keller-Sutter born
    Swiss politician
  4. 1967
    Peak, #275
    949 babies named Karin — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1976
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #433.
  6. 2025
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Danish [in turn from Ancient Greek Αἰκατερῑ́νη (Aikaterī́nē)], variant of Karen.
Namesakes
  • Karin Boye · Swedish poet and novelist, 1900–1941
  • Karin Keller-Sutter · Swiss politician, born 1963
  • Karin Kneissl · Austrian diplomat, journalist and politician, born 1965
  • Karin Dor · German actress, 1938–2017
  • Karin Knapp · Italian tennis player, born 1987

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.