Corrine

About Corrine

Corrine is an English spelling of Corinne, a name descended from Greek Korinna and the word korē, “maiden.” Its double r distinguishes it from the more familiar double-n spelling. Artist Corrine Hunt gives this exact form a memorable connection with the medals made for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

A name with a literary history

The route to Corrine runs through French Corinne and the older form Corinna. The Greek lyric poet Corinna is an early bearer, and the Roman poet Ovid used Corinna for the central female figure in his Amores.

The longer Corinna returned to English literary use in the seventeenth century, including Robert Herrick's poem Corinna's going a-Maying. The related forms therefore have a history in poetry as well as in ordinary personal naming.

Germaine de Staël used the French spelling for Corinne, or Italy, published in 1807. Its heroine is an artist celebrated for poetic and musical improvisation. The novel connects the name family with questions about women's creativity and public recognition.

Corrine is a spelling variant within that family, rather than the exact spelling used for every literary character. Corinna retains the final a, while Corine is another French form.

Corrine Hunt and the Vancouver medals

Corrine Hunt, an artist of Komoyue and Tlingit heritage, created the large artworks from which the Vancouver 2010 medal designs were drawn.

The Olympic medals used an orca design, while the Paralympic medals drew on a raven. Each medal carried a different cropped section of the larger artwork, so athletes received individual pieces connected to a common image.

Details might include part of the orca's eye or dorsal fin, or a contour from the raven's wing. The design linked each recipient's medal to a larger work rather than repeating one identical picture.

That project gives Corrine a particularly concrete artistic association: its bearer helped turn objects awarded for sporting achievement into individually varied works of art. The spelling appears in the public record of the Games alongside the traditional images she chose.

Pronunciation and related forms

Corrine is pronounced kuh-REEN, with stress on the second syllable. The opening vowel is light, while the final syllable has a long ee sound.

Corinne can share that pronunciation, although some English speakers use a shorter final vowel for Corinne. Corrine's familiar pronunciation keeps two syllables despite its silent final e.

Corrie is a possible short form within the Corinna family. Corinna, Corinne, and Corrine preserve more of the full historical name, with different final letters and doubled consonants.

American popularity

Corrine reached its largest annual female total in the United States in 1926, with 358 girls and a rank of 352nd.

There were 144 girls named Corrine in 2000 and ninety-nine in 2010. In 2025, thirty-eight girls received the spelling, placing it 3,844th. Its strongest American newborn generation belongs to the early twentieth century.

How popular is Corrine?

In 2025, Corrine ranked #3,844 among girls in the United States, with 38 recorded uses. The U.S. birth records first list this spelling for girls in 1880; its largest annual count was 358 in 1926. Rankings count each spelling separately. They describe national use, so local familiarity can differ. The popularity chart shows whether the name has remained common, returned after a quieter period, or risen recently.