# Corinna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/corinna/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “girl”, “maid”, “daughter” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Corina |
| US babies named this | 7,110 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 7,110 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 127, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Ancient Greek, probably from κόρη (kórē, “girl, maid, daughter”); compare kore.

## What it means

Corinna is grouped under daughter.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 38 | 3,931 |
| 2012 | 29 | 4,861 |
| 2013 | 36 | 4,089 |
| 2014 | 29 | 4,799 |
| 2015 | 37 | 4,010 |
| 2016 | 41 | 3,725 |
| 2017 | 55 | 2,974 |
| 2018 | 45 | 3,448 |
| 2019 | 30 | 4,570 |
| 2020 | 36 | 3,943 |
| 2021 | 40 | 3,751 |
| 2022 | 28 | 4,821 |
| 2023 | 41 | 3,722 |
| 2024 | 37 | 3,982 |
| 2025 | 34 | 4,194 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 14 | 1,319 |
| 1999 | 16 | 1,216 |
| 2000 | 11 | 1,594 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2,466 |
| 2003 | 8 | 2,191 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2,970 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,781 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |

## In other languages

- French: Corinne
- German: Corinna

## People named Corinna

- Corinna, ancient Greek poet whose lifetime is unclear and controversial
- Corinna Harfouch, German actress
- Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi, American physician, writer and suffragist (1842-1906)
- Corinna Harney, American actress and model
- Corinna Kuhnle, Austrian kayaker
- Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Danish-German entrepreneur
- Corinna Harrer, German athlete
- Corinna Cortes, Danish-American computer scientist
- Corinna Lingnau, German field hockey player
- Corinna Lechner, German cyclist
- Corinna Mura, American singer (1910-1965)
- Corinna Brown, British actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.