Gorgeous name. It is very feminine and elegant, and the lovely meaning adds a touch of charming romanticism to it. Overall, I think Carina is a wonderful name.
Sounds sweet. Looks and sounds similar to the the term of endearment "cariño" in Spanish, I’m sure they’re derived from the same origin. It’s a good association I think.
I don’t understand how this isn’t in the top 1000, but names like Genesis and Oakley are. It’s lovely. Great meaning, great sound, and I can see it on an adult.
In Italy this name has been used for newborns nearly every year. All around Italy live about 1,283 Carinas. It was the #2,212 most used name for newborns in 2019.
My name is Carina! I actually used to really hate it because I thought that the "r" sounded too harsh and the "C" looked too big but I think that I'm okay with it now. I like that it's like the Carina Nebula, all starry and galaxy-ish.
According to ISTAT Carina has been used since 1999 in Italy every year except for 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. It has been very rare as there were not born more than five Carinas every year.
Carina is surely a GP for me. In fact, here in Italy 'Carina' means 'pretty' when referred to a she and nobody would think about the constellation before this daily link. After that the constellation is known as Carena (that in Italian means 'hull').
Carina Smyth, the female lead of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, shares this name. She is an aspiring astronomer, Henry Turner's love interest, and happens to be Barbossa's daughter.
This is such a beautiful name. It's very simple and pretty. I hate when people name their children names like Katarina that just don't flow well and are too complex but this is simply a gorgeous simple name. I prefer the spelling Carina over Karina and I like Corrina (pronounced same way) even better than Carina.
This is the first middle name of one of my best friends. She doesn't like it heself but maybe she will when I tell her the meaning, it's pretty! I really like this name.
My two best friends are named Carina. So it's nice that Cara means friend or beloved. But in Denmark it's used as another way of spelling the more common Karina.
One of the many, many versions respelled short forms of "Katharina" (my own first name is "Carin", without the "a" at the end), meaning "the pure one".