Girl · Greek
Corinna
Say it: kuh-RIN-uh
Meaning
From Greek korē 'maiden' with a diminutive ending.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Revived through Ovid's love poems and Herrick's 'Corinna's going a-Maying'; Corinne became popular in France.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1970s
In the United States
- 6,929 babies given this name since 1881
- At its height in 1972, about 1 in 7,600 girls
- 36 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Corinne, Korinna
| Greek | Korinna |
|---|---|
| French | Corinne |
| Italian | Corinna |
| German | Corinna |
Famous bearers
- Corinna of Tanagra, Boeotian poet
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Where this comes from
- Ancient Greek literature and history (Homer, Herodotus, Plutarch and others)
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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