Karina Nicole González: Hi, my name is Karina Nicole González, or an Anglicized version is Karina Nicole Gonzalez. My family calls me Kari or Karinita, those are some of my nicknames. And my parents named me Karina because it sounds like cariño in Spanish, and cariño in Spanish means something like love or affection and when I was a kid, I also learned that carino is also a word in Italian, and that kind of means I think cute. I love my name. I love my name when it's said in Spanish mostly, and so when I hear people say it the way I like it, I especially love my name Karina.