Corinne is a female name, the French and English variant of Corina, of ancient Greek origin,[1] derived from κόρη (korē) meaning "beautiful maiden".[2] It became popular following the publication of Corinne, or Italy, an 1808 novel by Madame de Staël.
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | French/English/Greek |
| Meaning | from Greek kore (maiden) |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Corinna, Korinna |
Various spellings of the name exist, although some attest that "Corinne" is the most appropriate and age-old spelling.[citation needed] Other spellings include: Corrine, Corin, Corine, Corinn, Coryn, Corryn, Koryn, Korryn, Korin, Corinna, Korinna, Corrin, and Korinne.
Notable people with the given name
editFilm, stage and television
edit- Corinne Alphen (born 1954), American model and actress
- Corinne Barker (1890–1928), American actress and costume designer
- Corinne Bohrer (born 1958), American actress
- Corinne Brinkerhoff (born 1979), American television producer and writer
- Corinne Calvet (1925–2001), French actress
- Corynne Charby (born 1960), born Corinne Charbit, French actress, singer, and model
- Corinne Cléry (born 1950), French actress
- Corinne Cole (born 1937), American model and actress
- Corinne Conley (born 1929), American actress
- Corinne Foxx (born 1994), American model, actress, and television producer
- Corinne Grant (born 1973), Australian comedian and television presenter
- Corinne Griffith (1894–1979), American film actress, producer, author, and businesswoman
- Corinne Hollingworth (born 1952), British television producer and executive
- Corinne Jacker (1933–2013), American playwright and screenwriter
- Corinne Jorry (born 1943), French costume designer
- Corinne Kimball (1873–1937), American stage performer
- Corinne Lahaye (1947–2020), French actress
- Corinne Le Poulain (1948–2015), French actress
- Corinne Luchaire (1921–1950), French actress
- Corinne Marchand (born 1937), French actress
- Corinne Marrinan (born 1974), Irish-American producer and screenwriter
- Corinne Marshall (born 1980), American television writer
- Corinne Masiero (born 1964), French actress
- Corinne Maury (born 1968), French lecturer and film director
- Corinne Orr (born 1936), Canadian actress
- Corinne Skinner-Carter (born 1931), Trinidadian actress
- Corinne Touzet (born 1959), French actress and producer
- Corrinne Wicks (born 1968), British actress
Literature
edit- Corinne Chaponnière (born 1954), Swiss-Canadian writer and journalist
- Corinne Chevallier (born 1935), Algerian historian and novelist
- Corinne Demas, American writer and professor
- Corinne De Vailly (born 1959), French-born Canadian writer
- Corinne Hofmann (born 1960), German-Swiss writer
- Corinne Stocker Horton (1871–1947), American elocutionist, journalist, newspaper editor
- Corinne Lee, American author, writer, and poet
- Corinne McLaughlin (1947–2018), American author and educator
- Corinne Roche (born 1957), French writer
- Corinne Roosevelt Robinson (1861–1933), American writer
- Corinne Trang (born 1967), French writer
- Corinne Tynan (born 1991), American Editor
Music
edit- Corinne Allal (born 1955), Israeli rock musician and music producer
- Corinne Bailey Rae (born 1979), British singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Corinne Chapelle (1976–2021), French-American violinist
- Corinne Drewery (born 1959), English singer-songwriter and fashion designer
- Corinne Gibbons, Australian singer-songwriter
- Corinne Hermès (born 1961), French singer
- Corrinne May (born 1973), Singaporean singer-songwriter
- Corinne Morgan (1876-1942/1945), American singer and pioneer recording artist
- Corinne West (born 1970), American singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist
Politics
edit- Corinne Alsop Cole (1886–1971), American politician
- Corinne Bertani (born 1959), Monegasque politician
- Corinne Boyd Riley (1893–1979), American politician and teacher
- Corrine Brown (born 1946), American politician and convicted felon
- Corinne Cahen (born 1973), Luxembourgish politician
- Corinne Ellemeet (born 1976), Dutch politician
- Corinne Erhel (1967–2017), French politician
- Corinne Féret (born 1961), French politician
- Corinne Freeman (1926–2014), American politician
- Corinne Lepage (born 1951), French politician
- Corinne Narassiguin (born 1975), French politician
- Corinne Stubbs Brown (1849–1914), American Marxist social activist
- Corinne Vignon (born 1963), French politician
- Corinne Wood (1954–2021), American government executive
Sports
edit- Corinne Bodmer (born 1970), Swiss freestyle skier
- Corinne Bourquin, Swiss curler and curling coach
- Corinne Buie (born 1992), American ice hockey player
- Corinne Callahan (born 1985 as Corinne Alexander), American soccer goalkeeper and artistic photographer known as Cori Alexander
- Corinne Clark (1923–2006), American baseball player
- Corinne Clos (born 1978), Italian ski mountaineer and long-distance runner
- Corinne Diacre (born 1974), French association football player and manager
- Corinne Dibnah (born 1962), Australian professional golfer
- Corinne Favre (born 1970), French professional ski instructor, ski mountaineer, and mountain runner
- Corinne Hall (born 1987), Australian cricketer
- Corinne Hérigault (born 1970), French long jumper
- Corinne Humphreys (born 1991), English sprinter
- Corinne Imlig (born 1979), Swiss alpine skier
- Corinne Lagache (born 1975), French footballer
- Corinne Leclair (born 1970), Mauritian swimmer
- Corinne Le Moal (born 1954), French rower
- Corinne Maîtrejean (born 1979), French foil fencer
- Corinne Maier (born 1963), Swiss-born French psychoanalyst, economist, and writer
- Corinne Migneco, American international table tennis player
- Corinne Molesworth (born 1949), English tennis player
- Corinne Morris (born 1971), Canadian Olympic curler known as Cori Morris
- Corinne Niogret (born 1972), French biathlete
- Corinne Nugter (born 1992), Dutch discus thrower
- Corinne Paliard (born 1970), French ice dancer
- Corinne Peters (born 1960), Canadian curler
- Corinne Ragazzacci (born 1969), French gymnast
- Corinne Raux (born 1976), French duathlete
- Corinne Rey-Bellet (1972–2006), Swiss alpine skier
- Corinne Schmidhauser (born 1964), Swiss alpine skier
- Corinne Schneider (born 1962), Swiss and Italian athlete
- Corinne Serra Tosio (born 1965), French sports shooter
- Corinne Simasotchi (born 1971), Swiss sprinter
- Corinne Suter (born 1994), Swiss alpine ski racer
- Corinne Vanier (born 1963), French tennis player
- Corinne Yorston (born 1983), English association football player
- Corinne Zanolli (born 1998), American field hockey player
Visual arts
edit- Corinne Cuéllar-Nathan (born 1958), Swiss painter
- Corinne Day (1962–2010), British fashion photographer
- Corrine Hunt (born 1959), Indigenous Tlingit artist, carver, jeweller and designer
- Corinne Malvern (1901–1956), American actress, commercial artist, and illustrator
- Corinne Melchers (1880–1955), American painter, humanitarian, and gardener
- Corinne Michelle West (1908–1991), American painter
- Corinne Mucha, American cartoonist, illustrator, and teaching artist
- Corinne Rey (cartoonist) better known as Coco, cartoonist with Charlie Hebdo
- Corinne Silva (born 1976), English artist
- Corinne Wasmuht (born 1964), German visual artist
- Corinne Whitaker (born 1934), American digital artist
Others
edit- Corinne A. Beckwith (born 1963), American judge
- Corinne Bennett (1935–2010), English conservation architect
- Corinne Bonnet, French professor and historian
- Corrine Grad Coleman (1927–2004), American writer and women's rights activist
- Corinne Debaine-Francfort (birth date unknown), French archaeologist and Sinologist
- Corinne Dettmeijer (born 1949), Dutch lawyer
- Corinne Dufka (born 1958), American photojournalist, human rights researcher, criminal investigator, and social worker
- Corinne Faut (born 1960), Belgian general
- Corinne Gallant (1922–2018), Canadian professor emeritus and feminist
- Corinne Gendron (born 1968), Canadian scholar, researcher, lawyer, and sociologist
- Corinne Grant (born 1973), Australian lawyer, comedian, and television presenter
- Corinne Heline (1882–1975) American author, Christian mystic and occultist
- Corinne Heraud (born 1963), French official
- Corinne Hofman (born 1959), Dutch archaeologist
- Corinne Le Quéré (born 1966), French-Canadian scientist
- Corinne Manogue (born 1955), American physicist
- Corinne Mentzelopoulos (born 1953), French-Greek businesswoman
- Corinne Russell (born 1963), English model and dancer
- Corinne Schädler (born 1992), Swiss beauty pageant titleholder
- Corinne Trang, French teacher, yoga instructor, chef, and author
- Corinne Vezzoni (born 1964), French architect
- Corinne Vigreux (born 1964), French business executive and entrepreneur
- Corinne Watanabe (born 1950), American judge
- Corinne Watts, New Zealand entomologist and ecologist
- Corinne Ben Shushan Israel
Fictional characters
edit- Corinne, in the 2009 animated fantasy film Barbie and the Three Musketeers
- Corinne, in the 1993 family comedy film Mr. Nanny
- Corrine Baxter, from Strange Days at Blake Holsey High
- Corinne Maloney, Leslie Mann's character in the movie Big Daddy
- Corinne Tate, on the TV sitcom Soap
- "Corrine, Corrina", 1928 blues song
- Corrine, Christina Applegate's character in the 2010 film Going the Distance
- Corinne Jeffries, in 1989 romantic comedy Chances Are
- Corinne Dollanganger, in the 1979 gothic novel "Flowers in the Attic" by V.C. Andrews
- Corinne Tan, American Girl character
- Corinne, in the 1807 novel Corinne, or Italy by Germaine de Staël
See also
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