# Karina or Carina?

**URL:** <https://forum.nameberry.com/t/karina-or-carina/178727>\
**Category:** General Name Discussion\
**Created:** [August 9, 2012, 9:58am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/karina-or-carina/178727 "2012-08-09T09:58:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![vito208](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/vito208/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@vito208](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/vito208)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 9:58am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/karina-or-carina/178727/1 "2012-08-09T09:58:55Z")

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### **See the results of this poll:** Carina or Karina

Respondents: 35 (This poll is closed)

- Carina : 23 (66%)
- Karina: 12 (34%)

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**Author:** ![nono](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/nono/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@nono](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/nono)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/karina-or-carina/178727/2 "2012-08-09T10:00:49Z")

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I love [name]Carina[/name], but I don’t have any strong feelings either way on [name]Karina[/name].

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**Author:** ![system](https://d3e4s07haqhh9y.cloudfront.net/original/3X/b/b/bb0f52bb29e5c9ad6002ee7f1a92d42d308ffe28.png) [@system](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 10:17am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/karina-or-carina/178727/3 "2012-08-09T10:17:36Z")

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I actually pn these differently so I can’t vote unless I know what pn you want.

[name]Carina[/name] = ca-rin-uh  
[name]Karina[/name] = ka-ree-nuh

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**Author:** ![vito208](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/vito208/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@vito208](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/vito208)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/karina-or-carina/178727/4 "2012-08-09T10:20:57Z")

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I like the ka-reeh- nuh pn 🙂

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**Author:** ![judithaldana](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/judithaldana/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@judithaldana](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/judithaldana)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/karina-or-carina/178727/5 "2012-08-09T10:23:49Z")

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I prefer [name]Karina[/name],it feels like the stronger choice to me. Also,people won’t be commonly misspelling it since “K” is the more common spelling of the name.

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**Author:** ![Mischa](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/mischa/32/285_2.png) [@Mischa](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/Mischa)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/karina-or-carina/178727/6 "2012-08-09T10:36:29Z")

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I usually prefer “C” spellings and this name is no different. [name]Carina[/name] is the original Latin spelling meaning “beloved” and I think it looks more classic while [name]Karina[/name] looks more trendy.

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**Author:** ![onceuponaname](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/onceuponaname/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@onceuponaname](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/onceuponaname)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/karina-or-carina/178727/7 "2012-08-09T10:53:25Z")

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I prefer [name]Karina[/name], it looks better to me. I don’t care for the name [name]Carina[/name], and the K softens it enough that I might use it. It’s the one case where I would do K instead of C.

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**Author:** ![kala\_way](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/kala_way/32/1918_2.png) [@kala\_way](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/kala_way)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 11:06am UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/karina-or-carina/178727/8 "2012-08-09T11:06:23Z")

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I vote for [name]Karina[/name] simple because I personally wouldn’t want the word Car in my name…

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**Author:** ![rachelxoxo](https://forum.nameberry.com/letter_avatar/rachelxoxo/32/6_449c533f586939b6e5f246632a46421f.png) [@rachelxoxo](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/rachelxoxo)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/karina-or-carina/178727/9 "2012-08-09T19:23:28Z")

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I only see it being spelled [name]Karina[/name]. :).

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**Author:** ![lucky\_lindy](https://forum.nameberry.com/user_avatar/forum.nameberry.com/lucky_lindy/32/1674_2.png) [@lucky\_lindy](https://forum.nameberry.com/u/lucky_lindy)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.nameberry.com/t/karina-or-carina/178727/10 "2012-08-09T21:24:04Z")

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[name]Karina[/name] makes me want to say Karenina (a la [name]Anna[/name]), but I still think I like it better than [name]Carina[/name].