Name
KAREN

Name KAREN

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 1,210,094 births of Karen in the countries below, which represents an average of 8,522 births of children bearing the first name Karen per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 671 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Karen   
In Italiano Nome Karen   
Variations : Caren , Cáren , Carena , Karena , Katherine , Kàtherine , Kerena


Information about the first name Karen

We celebrate Karen on November 7th
The first name Karen is listed in our categories :The first name Karen has been assigned to:
0.11% to boys
99.89% to girls
The country where the first name Karen is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Female
This first name has 5 letters including 2 vowels and 3 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Karen

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Karen : Akren, Anker, Arken, Erkan, Kaern, Kane R, Karne, Kearn, Kenar, Kenra, Keran, Kéran, Kerna, Krane, Narek, Raken, Ranek, Rekan, Renka

Karen in Japanese *

Romajikaren
Katakanaカレン
Hiraganaかれん
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Karen in Japanese
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Karen in sign language

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Karen in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Karen

US English
Etymology src :
  • From Danish Karen, a vernacular form of Catherine that arose in medieval Denmark. The sense "middle-aged woman" comes from the popularity of the name among baby boomers and Gen-Xers. The derogatory usage was popularized in African-American Vernacular English via social media.
Etymology src :
  • From Parthian 𐭊𐭓𐭍𐭉‎ (krny /⁠Kārēn⁠/), from Old Iranian. The Armenian name is from Armenian Կարեն (Karen), from the same Parthian name.
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
  • Caren, Caron, Caryn, Karin, Karyn
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkæɹən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkæɹən/, /ˈkɛɹən/
  • Rhymes: -æɹən, -ɛɹən, -ɛə(ɹ)n
  • Homophone: caron
  • Homophone: caring (weak vowel merger, G-dropping)
  • Homophones: cairn, carn (some American accents)
Etymology (See also) src :
  • gammon
  • Darren
  • Miss Ann
Etymology (Alternative forms) src :
  • Garen (from Western Armenian)
  • Kārēn (from Middle Iranian)
  • Qarin, Qārin (from Arabic)
  • Karin, Kārin (from New Iranian)
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • Karen
  • (historical) One of the seven great Parthian feudal families.
  • A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Կարեն (Karen).
Etymology (Derived terms) src :
  • Black Karen
  • Karenic
  • Red Karen
  • White Karen
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • Karen (plural Karens or Karen)
  • A member of a diverse ethnic group originating in Myanmar and Thailand.
  • Synonym: Kayin
Etymology (Pronunciation) src :
  • (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəˈɹɛn/
  • Rhymes: -ɛn
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • Karen
  • A group of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken by people of the Karen ethnic group, also called Karenic.
  • Former name of Kayin (“state (administrative division) of Myanmar”).
Anagrams src :
  • Krane, anker, knare, naker, ranke
Noun src :
  • karen (plural karens)
  • Alternative letter-case form of Karen (“(derogatory) any person, especially female, exhibiting an exaggerated sense of entitlement”)
Fictional people (Print) src :
  • Karen Starr, a character created by DC Comics, civilian identity of Power Girl
Notable people (Surname) src :
  • Anna Karen (1936–2022), South African British actress
  • James Karen (1923–2018), American actor
  • Tom Karen (1926–2022), Austrian-born British industrial designer
FR French
Adjective src :
  • karen (plural karens)
  • (relational) Karen
Noun src :
  • karen m or f by sense (plural karens)
  • Karen (member of an ethnic group in Burma)
General
Etymology src :
  • From Burmese ကရင် (ka.rang), of disputed origin.
Noun src :
  • karen m
  • definite singular of kar
Icelandic
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰaːrɛ(ː)n/
Proper noun src :
  • Karen f
  • a female given name
Proper noun (Declension) src :
  • Sometimes also Karen in accusative and dative.
SE Swedish
Anagrams src :
  • arken, nekar
Noun src :
  • karen
  • definite plural of kar
FI Finnish
Anagrams src :
  • rekan
Proper noun src :
  • Karen
  • genitive singular of Kare (the given name)
DK Danish
Etymology src :
  • A medieval variant of Katharina (“Catherine”).
Proper noun src :
  • Karen
  • a female given name
Proper noun (Descendants) src :
  • → English: Karen
  • → German: Karen
  • → Icelandic: Karen
  • → Norwegian: Karen
DE German
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Danish Karen.
Alternative forms src :
  • Caren
Proper noun src :
  • Karen
  • a female given name, a much less popular variant of Karin
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
  • Katharina
 

Popularity of the name Karen

Number of KAREN births per year

Popularity of the name Karen
Popularity of the name Karen

Total births of Karen by country

Births with the first name Karen
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
782
985,456
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
290
68,230
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
0
40,559
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
59
38,893
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
0
15,718
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
53
13,884
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
9
12,041
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
0
10,256
NONorway
1945 - 2022
0
5,084
NSNew Scotland
1920 - 2022
0
3,644
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
0
3,590
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
0
2,606
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
34
1,625
MXMexico
2017 - 2021
0
1,602
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
12
1,254
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
0
961
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
0
853
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
9
727
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
0
682
CLChili
2010 - 2021
0
557
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
23
206
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
2
141
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
0
120
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
12
45
SESweden
1998 - 2022
2
24
ISIceland
2016 - 2021
0
25
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
0
24
Popularity of the name Karen

Total births of Karen by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Karen
Country
Boys
Girls
MXMexico
2021
0
315
USUnited State of America
2022
0
156
DKDenmark
2022
0
61
DEGermany
2022
8
49
ITItaly
2021
0
16
CLChili
2021
0
14
ONOntario
2019
0
11
FRFrance
2022
0
10
ARArgentina
2015
0
9
NONorway
2022
0
9
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
0
7
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
0
2
PLPoland
2022
0
2
ATAustria
2021
1
0
CHSwitzerland
2021
0
1

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Personalities with the first name Karen

There are 272 personalities with the first name Karen

Karen Blixen (Karen Christentze Dinesen) src

Denmark
Short story writer

Karen Gillan (Karen Sheila Gillan) src

United kingdom
Director Model Television actor Film actor Screenwriter Actor Stage actor Voice actor Film director

Karen Horney src

United states of america Germany
Writer Psychiatrist Psychotherapist Psychoanalyst

Lucy Hale src

United states of america
Model Designer Television actor Film actor Actor Singer Musician Songwriter

Karen Black (Karen Blanche Ziegler) src

United states of america
Screenwriter Actor Composer Singer Singer-songwriter Stage actor Television actor Film actor

Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck (Karen Keskulla) src

United states of america
Mathematician University teacher

Karen Carpenter src

United states of america
Singer Drummer Jazz musician

Samantha Fox (Samantha Karen Fox) src

United kingdom
Singer Musician Stage actor Erotic photography model Film actor Recording artist

Mø src

Kingdom of denmark
Singer Musician

Karen Armstrong src

United kingdom
Writer Theologian University teacher Islamicist Historian of religion


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Karen
Full list of personalities with the first name Karen

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Karen

There are 3853 actors and actresses with the first name Karen
Karen Øye
Karen Ciaurro
Karen Kobayashi
Karen Gauler
Karen Miyama
Karen Reyes
Karen Ann Cabrera
Karen Mifune
Karen Miyazaki
Karen Fukuhara
Karen Johal
Karen Sandoval
Karen Chuang
Karen Castaño
Karen Gillan
Karen Civil
Karen Bejarano
Karen Ann Ryan
Karen Camp
Karen Coelho
Karen Ying-Chen Hu
Karen Bobrowski
Karen Junqueira
Karen Murray
Karen Juantorena
Karen Stelzner
Karen Huckfeldt
Karen Diconcetto
Karen Murray
Karen Lundy

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Karen
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Karen

Rankings of first name KAREN by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#2862DE Germany2022
#4248AT Austria2021
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#102DK Denmark2022
#225MX Mexico2021
#363NO Norway2022
#490CL Chili2021
#606AR Argentina2015
#676IT Italy2021
#731CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#921DE Germany2022
#933ON Ontario2019
#937PL Poland2022
#1163US United State of America2022
#2982FR France2022
#3470GB United Kingdom2021
#4831CH Switzerland2021
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Other girls' names around Karen
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