Corinn as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Corinn

What is the meaning of the name Corinn ?

The baby name Corinn is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /kəˈrɪn/ (kuh-RIN); also /ˈkɒrɪn/ or /kɔːˈrɪn/ (KOR-in).

Corinn is Greek in Origin.

Corinn is a streamlined modern spelling of Corinne/Corinna, ultimately from Ancient Greek Korinna (Κόριννα), a diminutive of korē “maiden,” giving the sense “little maiden” or simply “maiden.” Via Latin and French the name traveled widely, producing variants such as Corinna, Corinne (French/English), Corina (Romance languages, notably Romanian and Spanish), Corine and Corrine (English/French), and Korina (Slavic/Greek transliteration). Diminutives include Cori and Cory.

The name has deep literary roots: Korinna was a Boeotian lyric poet of antiquity; Ovid used Corinna for his beloved in the Amores; Robert Herrick addressed Corinna in his 17th-century “Going a-Maying”; and Madame de Staël’s 1807 novel Corinne, ou l’Italie, popularized the form across Europe, encouraging 19th-century English use. In the 20th century it enjoyed periodic revivals, especially in French- and English-speaking countries. Corinn preserves the classical lineage in a crisp, contemporary package while keeping the enduring “maiden” meaning.