Korina
Greek at root, from a word for "maiden" or young girl. It stays rare in Poland: barely 100 women carry it, so most Poles have never met one.
Korina Pronunciation
Korina is pronounced ko-REE-nah (/kɔˈrina/).
What Korina means
Where Korina comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Korina grows from Greek soil. The root is korē, the word for a young girl or maiden, and that meaning still sits inside the name today. Ancient Greek gave the word a life beyond grammar. Kore was one of the names for Persephone, the daughter carried into the underworld.
The oldest famous bearer is Corinna, a lyric poet from Tanagra in Boeotia. Old accounts claim she competed against Pindar and won. Whether the story is true or not, it fixed the name to a real woman who wrote.
In Poland the name arrives quietly. It stays rare. Alongside Korina you find the variant koryna, the same name with one letter shifted. A teacher reading a class register might pause at it, unsure of the stress. The meaning underneath never changes. Korina is the maiden, the young girl.
How many people are named Korina
1 in 194343 women in Poland is named Korina. 116 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3145 among female names.
Korina's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Korina as a middle name
Korina is a first name for 116 women in Poland and a middle name for another 23, an 83/17 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1493rd, between Karima (23) and Laure (23).
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#1491 Jazmin23
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#1492 Karima23
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#1493 Korina23
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#1494 Laure23
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#1495 Love23