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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: falling fast

KarinIn Hebrew: קארין · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: קָארִין

Karin (Hebrew: קארין) is a girl's name of international origin. 4,740 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1987, with 202 babies.

People in Israel
4,740
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1987
202 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Karin

In Hebrew letters the name is קארין, read right to left. Karin is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Karin by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Karin: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Karin

How do you write Karin in Hebrew?

Karin is written קארין in Hebrew (with vowel points: קָארִין). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Karin?

4,740 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name קארין: 4,740 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Karin a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named קארין are women.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.