Karin (given name)

Karin is a female first name.

Origin and Meaning

Karin is a Swedish form of Catherine.

Variants: Carin, Karina

Dissemination

The name is Karin (after Ursula ) is the second most common first name for girls since 1890 total. However, in 1915 before he was hardly ever used. From the mid- twenties, he became more and more popular. From the mid-thirties to the late fifties, he was one of the ten most frequently awarded first name, by 1940 he was a few times, even the most common at all. From the late sixties its spread then fell sharply, girl Karin since the beginning of the nineties barely mentioned.

Name-day

The most important name days are:

See also St. Catherine.

Famous names winners

  • Karin Alvtegen (born 1965 ), Swedish writer
  • Karin Anselm (* 1940), German film and theater actress
  • Karin Baal (* 1940), German theater, film and television actress
  • Karin Balzer ( * 1938 ), German track and field athlete
  • Karin Beier ( b. 1965 ), German theater director
  • Karin Boyd ( born 1953 ), German actress and theater director
  • Karin Boye (1900-1941), Swedish writer and poet
  • Karin Büttner - Janz ( born 1952 ), German gymnast
  • Karin Dor ( born 1938 ), German actress
  • Karin Eickelmann Tree (1937-2004), German film and theater actress
  • Karin Enke ( born 1961 ), German speed skater
  • Karin Fossum (born 1954 ), Norwegian writer
  • Karin Hardt (1910-1992), German actress
  • Karin Maag ( b. 1962 ), German politician (CDU )
  • Karin Mylius (1934-1986), chairman of the Jewish Community of Halle ( Saale)
  • Karin Rabe, Swedish orienteer
  • Karin Reschke (* 1940), German writer
  • Karin Schmalfeld (* 1976), German orienteer
  • Karin Stoiber ( born 1943 ), winner of the Bavarian Order of Merit
  • Karin Thaler ( * 1965), German actress
  • Karin Tietze -Ludwig (* 1941), German journalist and television broadcaster
  • Karin Viard (born 1966 ), French actress
  • Karyn of Osthold -Haas ( born 1938 ), German actress
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