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Karen

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Danish Old Danish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Iceland Icelandic
Greenland Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

Danish form of Karin (see also -ren) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Related Names

Caren ♀
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Finish Norwegian Swedish
Gáren ♀
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Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Sami
Kareen ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Norwegian Swedish
Karen ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Finish Greenlandic Icelandic Norwegian Old Danish Swedish
Káren ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Sami
Karren ♀
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
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 Danish Norwegian Swedish

See also Kârat, Karena, Karense, Karete, Karne
For male forms see Karender, Karensius, Karenus

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Karenarson Iceland

Female

Karenardóttir Iceland

Combinations

For combinations see KA (name element)

Name Day

Norway Norway

2 August

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Karen
Genitive: Karens
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Karen
Genitive: Karenin
Partitive: Karenia
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Karen
Accusative: Karen/Karenu
Dative: Karen/Karenu
Genitive: Karenar
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Karen
Genitive: Karens
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Karen
Genitive: Karens

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

  • Karen Christentze von Blixen-Finecke (née en, 17 April 1885 – 7 September 1962), Danish author

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 552 people were named Karen (percentage of first or only given name: 80 %) [10]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

Please turn your device to landscape orientation for better view of statistics tables and graphs.
Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Denmark Denmark[11]
22447
n.a.
 22442
n.a.
 5
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[12]
801 1519
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[13]
854 1302 777 1215 77 87
Greenland Greenland[14]
397 1280
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Finland Finland[15]
n.a.
 575
n.a.
 546
n.a.
 29
Norway Norway[16]
6049
n.a.
 6039
n.a.
 10
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Karen (f) Sources: [13][11][16][15]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Karen (f) Sources: [17]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Karen (f)


References

  1. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Sydvestjysk navneskik gennem 300 år (1965)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Navnemode og modenavne (1993)
  9. ↑ Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  12. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  14. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  17. ↑ details see Name Statistic tables
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