Karin is a girl's name of Scandinavian origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 13 girls in the United States.
Karin belongs to the Scandinavian 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, Karin first appears in Social Security records in 1907. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #276 in 1967, and in 2024 13 babies received the name — 28,532 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Karin is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Scandinavian origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Karin is a girl name. In 2024, 13 babies received the name in the US.
Karin comes from the Scandinavian tradition.
Karin first appears in US records in 1907. Its best-ever ranking was #276 in 1967, and 13 babies were given the name in 2024.
Karin is pronounced /ˈkærɪn/ (IPA).
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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