Karen

Danish variation of Katherine

"pure"

Karen Origin and Meaning

Variation of Caron

Karen Rank in US Top 1000

# 831 in the US

Karen Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 254 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Karen

• 831 US 2020
• 254 Nameberry 2025
• 263 Unique 2024
• 224 Mexico 2021
• 25 Iceland 2018

20 Names Similar to Karen

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• Anne-Marie
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Famous People Named Karen

• Karen Anne Carpenter American singer
• Karen Lynne Valentine American actress
• Karen Ruth Bass U.S. Congresswoman from California
• Karen White American novelist
• Karen Blanche Black American actress
• Karen Jane Allen American actress
• Karen Sheila Gillan Scottish actress
• Karen Trust Grassle American actress
• Karen Mok (born Karen Joy Morris) Hong Kong actress
• Karen Lucille "Lucy" Hale American actress
• Karen Elson English model and musician
• Karen O stage name of Karen Lee Orzolek, American lead singer of band Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Karen Russell American novelist
• Karen Robards American romance novelist
• Karen Rose American romance novelist
• Karen Traviss English science fiction novelist
• Karen Young American actress
• Karen Olivo American actress
• Karen Patricia Moe American Olympic swimmer
• Karen McDougal American model and actress
• Karen Taylor English comedienne
• Karen Hassan Northern Irish actress
• Karen Valencia Clark Sheard American gospel singer
• Karen Alexandria Kain Canadian ballerina
• Karen Lancaume French adult actress
• Karen LuJean Nyberg American astronaut
• Karen Strassman American voice actress
• Karen Friedman wife of American mobster Henry Hill; depicted in film "GoodFellas"
• Karen Batten Pence wife of American politician Mike Pence
• Karen Matheson Scottish folk singer
• Karen Louise Bardsley English football player
• Karen Julia Carney English football player
• Karen Christenze von Blixen Finecke aka Isak Dinesen, Danish memoirist
• Karen Muir South African swimmer
• Karen Khachanov Russian tennis player
• Karen Mulder Dutch Supermodel & Singer

The name Karen in Pop Culture

• Karen Page character in Marvel's "Daredevil"
• Karen Walker character on TV's "Will & Grace"
• Karen Brockman character on British TV series "Outnumbered"
• Karen Smith character in film "Mean Girls"
• Karen Brewer main character in the "Baby,Sitters Little Sister" series
• Karen Jackson character on TV's "Shameless"
• Karen Arnold character on TV's "The Wonder Years"
• Karen Cross character in film "Silver City"
• Karen DeSonne character in "Generation Dead" by Daniel Waters
• Karen Murphy character in movie "Abduction" played by Lily Collins
• Karen Davis character in film "The Grudge"
• Karen Vick character on TV's "Psych"
• Karen character on TV's "The Walking Dead"
• Karen Peck and New River gospel choir band
• Karen Cartwright character on TV's "Smash"
• Karen Beecher Duncan aka Bumblebee, character in DC Comics
• Karen Filippelli character on TV's "The Office"
• Karen Roe mother of Lucas and Lily Scott on TV's "One Tree Hill"
• Karen little girl character in "Frosty the Snowman"
• Rachel Karen Green character on TV's "Friends"
• Karen von Rosewald character in the manga "Tokyo Ghoul:re"
• Karen Rooney character on TV's "Liv and Maddie"
• Karen "Kallen Stadtfeld" Kouzuki character in "Code Geass"
• Karen McCormick Kenny's younger sister, character on "South Park"
• Karen Starr DC Comics superhero, also called Kara Zor,L, alter ego of Power,Girl, the Earth,Two version of Kara Zor,El aka Supergirl
• Karen a character in the anime/mange Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
• Karen Googlestien character from the 2004 movie "White Chicks"
• Karen a background character in Cartoon Network's "The Amazing World of Gumball"
• "Karen ” an internet term for a particularly self,entitled white woman
• Karen Sisco main character played by Jennifer Lopez in the 1998 film "Out of Sight"
• Karen Foster character on the ABC TGIF sitcom "Step by Step"
• Karen computer wife of Sheldon Plankton from animated series Spongebob Squarepants

International Variations of the name Karen

• Kyran Scandinavian
• Carin Scandinavian
• Karin Scandinavian
• Kalena Hawaiian
• Kieron Scandinavian
• Karyna Russian
• Karan Scandinavian
• Queron Scandinavian
• Caren Scandinavian
• Karena Scandinavian
• Kaarina Finnish
• Keren Hebrew
• Karina Russian
• Keryn Hebrew
• Kalina Hawaiian
• Karine Russian
• Caryn Scandinavian