Thursday, July 28, 2011

Carina

Meaning: (Beloved, Dear Little One, Late 19th-century coinage. Pet form of Cara (like Carita) and partly inspired by Karin. Also considered a Latinate form of Karen. Often used in Italy in the exclamation "Che carina!" meaning, "How darling!" or "How cute!" Also the name of a constellation in the southern sky, where the name means "keel" in Latin, referring to a part of Jason's ship the Argo. Carine is French; Karita is Scandinavian.)

Origin: (Latin)

Pronunciation: (ka-REEN-ah)

Gender: Female

I was watching a show on T.V the other day and it was talking about the Heavenly Waters or Cosmic Waters which is a family of nine constellations. I loved a few of the names enough to want to post them here. Carina is a beautiful name.

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