Meaning of name Karen

The name Karen has the following meaning:

This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

As a baby girl name, Karen is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 156 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Karen fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 43 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 229 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Karen in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Karen is very likely a(n) Welsh variant of the name Caron. See other suggested Welsh baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Caron.

The following names are baby names related to Karen and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Karen: Boys - Gavin, Newlin, Trevor, Girls - Decia, Glenna, Gwyneth, Both genders - Bryn, Carey, Deverell, Dylan, Gladys, Jennifer

The name Karen is a variant of Caron. Other popular variants of the name Caron are: Caren, Carin, Caronne, Carren, Carron, Carrone, Caryn, Karen

We think the name Karen should fall under the following style category: Everlasting.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Karen to be: A loving, kind-hearted girl

In one word, you might describe Karen as a(n) "kind-hearted" person.

See other "kind-hearted" names for boys and girls.