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Carina
Rank in 2024
#1,485
Born in 2024
147
Peak year
1995 · #382
Origin
Latin
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 147 girls were named Carina, about 1 in every 10,974.
- It peaked in 1995 with 689 babies, ranked #382.
- It first shows up in the records in 1914.
- 16,360 girls have been named Carina since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Carina per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.2Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 11 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 6 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 195 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,663 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Millennials: 6,260 babies, 0.22 per 1,000. Gen Z: 5,734 babies, 0.20 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,491 babies, 0.12 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin carīna (“the keel of a ship”) ==== Proper noun ==== Carina (astronomy) A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the keel of a ship. It contains the star Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis. ===== Derived terms ===== Carinae ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== Argo Argo Navis Puppis Pyxis Vela
- A female given name from Latin occasionally used in English.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Carina, CC BY-SA 4.0.