Kaarina is a
Finnish
Finnish may refer to:
* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
female given name. Its nameday is celebrated on 25 November. It reached its peak of popularity in the 1940s and 1950s. As of 2013 there were 132,000 women registered with this name in Finland. It is listed by the Finnish Population Register Centre as one of the top 10 most popular female given names ever.
Origin and variants
It originated as the Finnish form of
Katherine
Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria.
In the early Christ ...
.
Variants include
Katariina
Katariina ( Finnish; ''Katarina'' in Swedish) is a district in the Uittamo-Skanssi ward of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located in the south of the city, and is mainly a low-density residential suburb. There is also a nature reserve in ...
,
Katri,
Kaija,
Kaisa and
Katja
Katja is a feminine given name. In Germany, the Netherlands, Flanders, and Scandinavia, it is a pet form of Katherine. Katja may refer to:
Music
*Katja Andy (1906–2013), German-American pianist
*Katja Ebstein (born 1945), German singer
*Katja ...
.
Notable people
Notable people with this name include:
*
Kaarina Goldberg
Kaarina Goldberg (born January 28, 1956) is a Finnish author and journalist who lives in Vienna. She is best known for her children's books ''Petokylän Ilona Ilves'', ''Rämäpäinen robotti'' and her comic strip ''Senni ja Safira'' in the Finni ...
, Finnish author
*
Kaarina Immonen, Finnish politician
*
Kaarina Suonio (born 1941), Finnish retired politician and psychologist
References
{{given name
Finnish feminine given names