Corinna (given name)
Corinna or Korinna is a female given name of ancient Greek origin, derived from κόρη meaning "girl, maiden". Notably, the ancient Greek lyric poet, as well as its use by Ovid for the women he addresses in the Amores, may have both infused the name's popularity. Other variants include Corina and Corinne.
People with the name
- Corinna or Korinna, ancient Greek poet
Corinna
- Corinna Adam or Ascherson, British journalist
- Corinna Bath, mathematician, computer scientist and university lecturer
- S. Corinna Bille, Swiss writer in French
- Corinna Boccacini, Italian snowboarder
- Corinna Brown, English actress
- Corinna Chamberlain, New Zealand-Hong Kong singer and actress
- Corinne Cléry, French actress
- Corinna Cortes, Danish computer scientist
- Corinna Dentoni, Italian tennis player
- Corinna Everson, American bodybuilder champion and actress
- Corinna Folkins, United States lawn bowler
- Corinna Genest, German film and television actress
- Corinna Halke, German sports journalist and skater
- Corinna Harfouch, German actress
- Corinna Harney, American model and actress
- Corinna Harrer, German middle-distance runner
- Corinna Hawkes, British professor of Food Policy
- Corinna Hein, German indoor cyclist
- Corinna Kennedy, Canadian sprint canoer
- Corinna Kopf, American YouTuber and gamer
- Corinna Kunze, German handball player
- Corinna E. Lathan, American entrepreneur
- Corinna Lawrence, British épée fencer
- Corinna Lechner, German racing cyclist
- Corinna Lin, Taiwanese-American figure skater
- Corinna Lingnau, German field hockey player
- Corinna Löckenhoff, German psychologist and gerontologist
- Corinna Kuhnle, Austrian slalom canoeist
- Corinna Martini, German luger
- Corinna May, German singer
- Corinna Miazga, German politician
- Corinna Mura, American cabaret singer, diseuse, and film actress
- Corinna von Rad, German-American opera director
- Corinna Rüffer, German politician
- Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, German philanthropist
- Corinna S. Schindler, University of Michigan faculty
- Corinna Schnitt, German filmmaker, artist, and professor
- Corinna Scholz, German curler
- Corinna Schumacher, née Betsch, German animal rights activist, wife of racing driver Michael Schumacher
- Corinna Schwab, German sprinter
- Corinna Shattuck, American educator and missionary in Turkey
- Corinna Putnam Smith, American writer, amateur archaeologist, scholar of Arabic
- Corinna Tsopei, American Olympic judoka
- Corinna Ulcigrai, Italian mathematician
- Corinna West, American Olympic judoka
- Cori Zarek, media lawyer
Korinna
- Korinna Fink, German sprinter
- Korinna Ishimtseva, Kazakhstani volleyball player
- Korinna Moon Bloodgood, American actress and model
Pseudonyms
- Corinna, Ovid's lover in the Amores
- Corinna, pen name of English poet Elizabeth Thomas
Fictional characters
- Corinna Chapman, series of mysteries written by Kerry GreenwoodCorinna Schmidt, 1951 East German drama film Beloved Corinna, 1956 German drama film
- Corinna Wiles, character in the 2007 TV series Drive
- "Corrine, Corrina", 1928 blues song