Karin

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Female Name

Usage

Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese
Greenlandic

Origin and Meaning

1) Swedish younger form of Kadhrin (see Katrina) ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8]

2) Swedish short form of Karolina (see Carolina) ^[1]

Related Names

Carin	♀
Carinne	♀
Charin	♀
Kaarin	♀
Kariin	♀
Karin	♀
Karín	♀

See also Kajsa, Karen, Kari and Karina
For male forms see Karinius, Karinus

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Karinarson
Karinsson

Female

Karinardóttir
Karinsdotter

Combinations

For combinations see KA (name element)

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Karin
Genitive:	Karins

- Faroese
Nominative:	Karin
Accusative:	Karina
Dative:	Karini
Genitive:	Karinar

- Finnish
Nominative:	Karin
Genitive:	Karinin
Partitive:	Karinia

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Karin
Accusative:	Karin
Dative:	Karin
Genitive:	Karinar

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Karin
Genitive:	Karins

- Swedish
Nominative:	Karin
Genitive:	Karins

Name Days

Faroe Islands

2 August

Norway Norway

2 August

Finland (Swedish Language)

25 November

Sweden Sweden

2 August

Further Information

Iceland: Officially approved as a given name ^[9]
Faroe Islands: Officially approved as a given name ^[10]

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1460 ^[1] ^[5]
Denmark: 15th century ^[6]

Strongest Period of Usage

Denmark:
- Top 4 in the 17th century in Sydvestjylland ^[11]
- 1940-1959 ^[6]
- 1940-1970 ^[7]
Norway:
- 1935-1950 ^[8]
Sweden:
- 1950-1959 ^[12]

Predominant Regional Usage

Denmark:
- Sjælland ^[6]
- Lolland-Falster ^[6]
- Fyn ^[6]
- Nordjylland ^[6]
Sweden:
- Härjedalen (19th century) see map ^[13]
- Hälsingland (19th century) see map ^[13]
- Gästrikland (19th century) see map ^[13]
- Jämtland (19th century) see map ^[13]
- Dalarna (19th century) see map ^[13]
- Värmland (19th century) see map ^[13]
- Dalarna (20th century) ^[12] ^[14]

Namesakes

Karin Månsdotter (6 November 1550 - 13 September 1612), Queen of Sweden, first a mistress and then the spouse of King Erik XIV of Sweden
Karin Larsson (née Bergöö, 3 October 1859 – 18 February 1928), Swedish artist and designer
Karin Michaëlis (née Katharina Marie Bech Brøndum, 20 March 1872 - 11 January 1950), Danish journalist and author
Karin Maria Boye (26 October 1900 – 24 April 1941), Swedish poet and novelist
Karin Ann-Marie Söder (née Bergenfur, 30 November 1928 – 19 December 2015), Swedish politician
Karin Bang Brynildsen (3 December 1928 – 20 August 2017), Norwegian poet, novelist, children's writer and crime writer

Trivia

Sweden: In January 1973, 174,543 people were named Karin (percentage of first or only given name: 83 %) ^[12]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&	as main name^#	also middle name^&
Sweden^[15]	60046	151285	60039	151271	7	14
Denmark^[16]	14700	n.a.	14698	n.a.	2	n.a.
Finland^[17]	n.a.	9087	n.a.	9087	0	0
Iceland^[18]	48	69	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland^[19]	12	17	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway^[20]	11545	n.a.	11545	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
^#: count of main first name only
^&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Karin (f) Sources: ^[15]^[16]^[20]^[17]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Karin (f) Sources: ^[21]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Karin (f)

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Karin (f) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Karin (f)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
↑ Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)
↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 ^6.5 ^6.6 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
↑ Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Navnemode og modenavne (1993)
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 ^13.3 ^13.4 ^13.5 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
↑ Colette van Luik: Stora boken om namn (2009)
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
↑ ^20.0 ^20.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
↑ details see Name Statistic tables

[ott-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)

[dah-2] Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)

[blo-3] Marianne Blomqvist: Vad heter finlandssvenskarna? (2006)

[nper-4] Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)

[bry-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)

[mel-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 ^6.5 ^6.6 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)

[ler-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)

[alh-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)

[island.is-9] Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is

[fmn.fo-10] Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)

[mod-11] Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Navnemode og modenavne (1993)

[all-12] 12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)

[nn1-13] 13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 ^13.3 ^13.4 ^13.5 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)

[lui-14] Colette van Luik: Stora boken om namn (2009)

[scb.se-15] 15.0 ^15.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/

[dst.dk-16] 16.0 ^16.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk

[vrf.fi-17] 17.0 ^17.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi

[hag.is-18] Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/

[stat.gl-19] Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/

[ssb.no-20] 20.0 ^20.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no

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