Meaning & Origin
A female given name from Danish [in turn from Ancient Greek Αἰκατερῑ́νη (Aikaterī́nē)], variant of Karen.
Karin is a girl's and boy's baby name of Danish origin, a Scandinavian variant of Katherine — from the Greek Aikaterine, possibly meaning 'pure' or connected to the goddess Hecate. Karin is a timeless classic in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, and has been used throughout the 20th century in American families of Scandinavian heritage.
With over 28,500 recorded U.S. births, Karin has extraordinary staying power — a name of clean Scandinavian elegance that carries the purity of its Greek root in a crisp, Nordic form.