Carina

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the keel of a ship. It contains the star Canopus, the second brightest star in the night sky. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis.
• A female given name from Latin occasionally used in English.

Origin

• Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin carīna ("the keel of a ship")
• Name of a fourth century martyr, feminine of Latin carinus, derivative of carus "beloved"; also a latinization of Karina and Karin (= Catherine) in northern Europe.