Karin (given name)
Karin or Carin is a common feminine given name in various Germanic languages, and Estonia and Slovenia, and in some French-speaking areas, as well as Japanese.
In most of its Western forms, Karin was originally a Swedish form of Katherine, but in English speaking countries is usually thought of as an alternate spelling for Karen.
The Japanese name Karin means Chinese quince, quince or Burmese rosewood and is unrelated to the Western forms.
In Thailand, it is written as กา ริน and read as 'karin'. However, in Thailand it is mainly used as a male name.
People
- Karin Aasma, Estonian-Swedish art historian
- Karin Abma, Dutch rower
- Karin Adelmund, Dutch politician
- Karin Adelsköld, Swedish comedian and television presenter
- Karin Ageman, Swedish artist
- Karin Ahlbäck, Finnish Scouting activist
- Karin Åhlin, Swedish educator
- Karin Ahrland, Swedish politician and diplomat
- Karin Albou, French director
- Karin Alfredsson, Swedish writer
- Karin Alvtegen, Swedish writer of crime fiction
- Karin Andersen, Norwegian politician
- Karin Ann, Slovak singer and songwriter
- Karin Baal, German film actress
- Karin Barber, British anthropologist and academic
- Karin Boye, Swedish poet and novelist
- Karin Karinna Bühler, Swiss visual artist
- Karin Dahmen, German physicist
- Karin Dreijer, Swedish singer
- Karin Du Rietz, Swedish Royal Guard
- Karin Enke, German speed skater
- Karin Ersdotter Swedish businesswoman.
- Karin Falck, Swedish director.
- Karin Fossum, Norwegian writer of crime fiction
- Karin Franken, Dutch animal rights advocate working in Indonesia
- Karin Glenmark, Swedish singer
- Karin Graßhof, German jurist
- Karin Greiner, Austrian politician
- Karin Guthke, German diver
- Karin Haydu, Slovak actress
- Karin Herrera, Guatemalan politician
- Karin Illgen, German discus thrower
- Karin Jota, Legendary Medieval Swedish female official of the court
- Karin Keller-Sutter, Swiss German politician
- Karin Kirkpatrick, Canadian politician
- Karin Kjølbro, Faroese politician
- Karin Knapp, Italian tennis player
- Karin Kock-Lindberg, Swedish politician
- Karin Krog, Norwegian jazz vocalist
- Karin Lannby, Swedish actress and spy
- Karin Lenzke, German high jumper
- Karin Liltorp, Danish politician
- Karin Lindberg, Swedish gymnast
- Karin Månsdotter, Queen of Sweden
- Karin McRobert, Australian basketball player
- Karin Miyawaki, Japanese fencer
- Karin Kei Nagano, American pianist
- Karin Ontiveros, Mexican model and beauty queen
- Karin Petherick, British academic and translator of Swedish
- Karin Rask, Estonian actress
- Karin Rodrigues, Brazilian volleyball player
- Karin Saab, Venezuelan footballer
- Karin Salanova, Venezuelan politician
- Karin Schnass, Austrian mathematician
- Karin Shifrin, Romanian/Israeli Mezzo-Soprano
- Karin Slaughter, American crime writer
- Karin Smith, American javelin thrower
- Karin Smyth, British politician
- Karin Söder, Swedish politician
- Karin Stahre-Janson, Swedish ship captain
- Karin Suzuragi, Japanese manga artist
- Karin Tammaru, Estonian actress
- Karin Tammemägi, Estonian politician
- Karin Viard, French actress
- Karin Yrvin, Norwegian politician
- Karin Zielinski, Peruvian musician
Fictional characters
- Karin, a character in the Dragon Ball media
- Karin, a character in the Naruto anime/manga
- Karin, a character in the Fairy Fencer F game
- Karin Aoi, a character in the manga series DNA²
- Karin Asaka, a character in the media project Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
- Karin Hanazono, eponymous character in the manga Kamichama Karin
- Karin Kanzuki, character from the video game Street Fighter Alpha 3
- Karin Koenig, character in the game Shadow Hearts: Covenant
- Karin Miyoshi, character in anime/manga Yuki Yuna is a Hero
- Karin Kurosaki, character in the anime/manga Bleach
- Karin Kokubu, character in anime/manga Tonde Burin
- Karin Maaka, protagonist of the anime/manga Chibi Vampire
- Karin Makunouchi or Kayla, character in anime/manga Fighting Foodons
- Karin Saku, かりん, or カリン, a character in Magical Trans!
- Karin Sasamori, character in the game To Heart 2
- Karin Sauer, a playable character from Fear & Hunger 2: Termina.
- Karin Kakudate, a 16-year old student from Blue Archive.