Karen


Gender:
Origin: Greek
1279 famous people named Karen found on Wikipedia.
986117 female, 2772 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 635-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 3-th in year 1965
Used in: Armenian, Danish, English, German, Icelandic, Norwegian

Meanings

A female given name, form of Katherine.

Karen is a given name. In English, it is a feminine name related to Katherine and other similar Germanic language names. In Iran and Armenia however, it is a masculine name deriving from other non-Germanic languages. The name is also found in modern Africa, as well as in Asia.

Mongoloid people of Burma, 1759 (as Carian), from Burmese ka-reng "wild, dirty, low-caste man" [OED].

Danish form of Katherine: pure, innocent, unsullied.

Famous People: 1279 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Karen Carpenter 1950 Singer, musician
2 Karen Gillan 1987 Scottish actress and former model
3 Karen Page Fictional character in Marvel Comics' Daredevil series
4 Karen Allen 1951 Actress
5 Karen Fukuhara 1992 Japanese-American actress
6 Karen Black 1939 American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter
7 Karen Pence 1958 First Lady of Indiana, schoolteacher
8 Karen Dotrice 1955 English actress
9 Karen Jarrett 1972 Professional wrestling manager
10 Karen Friedman Hill 1946
11 Karen Blixen 1885 Danish writer
12 Karen Grassle 1942 American actress
13 Karen Elson 1979 British model and musician
14 Karen O 1978 American singer and musician
15 Karen David 1979 Canadian-British actress, singer and songwriter
16 Karen Handel 1962 American politician
17 Karen Wetterhahn 1948 American chemist
18 Karen Malina White 1965 American actress
19 Anna Karen 1936 British actress
20 Karen Waldbillig Kasich 1963
21 Karen Valentine 1947 American actress
22 Karen Silkwood 1946 Labor union activist, chemical technician
23 Karen McDougal 1971 Playboy Playmate, model, actress
24 Karen Armstrong 1944 Author and comparative religion scholar from Great Britain
25 Karen Horney 1885 American-German psychoanalyst
26 Karen Lancaume 1973 French pornographic film actress
27 Karen Ann Quinlan 1954 American medical case
28 Karen Duffy 1962 American actress
29 Karen Hauer 1982 Venezuelan dancer
30 Karen Lynn Gorney 1945 American actress
31 Karen Mok 1970 Hong Kong actress and singer-songwriter
32 Karen Filippelli
33 Karen Steele 1931 American actress and model
34 Karen Summer 1962 American pornographic actress
35 Karen Kilgariff 1970 American comedian, writer and podcaster
36 Karen Hardy 1970 Professional Latin American dancer
37 Karen Olivo 1976 American actress
38 Karen Strassman 1975 American voice actress
39 Karen Mulder 1970 Dutch former model and singer
40 Karen Khachanov 1996 Russian tennis player
41 Karen Austin 1950 American actress
42 Karen Hassan 1981 Irish actress
43 James Karen 1923 American actor
44 Karen Witter 1961 American model
45 Karen Zerby 1946 Cult leader
46 Karen Weaver
47 Karen Bradley 1970 British politician
48 Karen Knotts
49 Karen Spencer, Countess Spencer 1972 Canadian model and philanthropist
50 Karen Chen 1999 American figure skater
51 Karen Webb 1971 German television presenter
52 Karen Sillas 1963 American stage and film actress
53 Karen Marie Moning 1964 Author
54 Karen Carlson 1945 Actress
55 Karen Kopins 1958 American actress
56 Karen Davila 1970 Filipino journalist
57 Karen Dalton 1937 American musician
58 Karen Kingsbury 1963 American Christian novelist
59 Karen Clark Sheard 1960 American musician and songwriter
60 Karen Carney 1987 English international association football player
61 Karen Bardsley 1984 England international association football player
62 Karen Bass 1953 American politician
63 Karen Dior 1967 Transgender adult film performer, director, singer
64 Karen Harding 1991 English singer
65 Karen Finney 1967 Political consultant, commentator
66 Karen Hughes 1956 American diplomat
67 Karen Brunon 1975
68 Karen McDonald Fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Coronation Street
69 Karen Alexander 1961 Model
70 Karen Zoid 1978 Afrikaans rock musician
71 Karen Philipp 1945 American actress and singer
72 Karen Heinrichs 1974 German television presenter and radio host
73 Karen Morley 1909 American film actress
74 Karen Finley 1956 American artist
75 Karen Taylor 1976 English actress and comedian
76 Karen Kondazian 1950 Actor, author
77 Karen Fictional character from The Walking Dead
78 Karen Sharpe 1934 American former actress of film and television
79 Karen Dianne Baldwin 1963 Miss Canada 1982 and Miss Universe 1982
80 Karen McCluskey 1943 Fictional character on Desperate Housewives
81 Karen Kay 1947 British entertainer
82 Karen Maruyama 1958 American actress
83 Karen Tumulty 1955 American political correspondent
84 Karen Reyes 1996 Cute,cool,and kind
85 Karen Maguire
86 Karen Darabedyan 1986 Armenian martial artist
87 Karen Russell 1981 Author
88 Karen Hunter American journalist
89 Karen Blanguernon 1935 French actress
90 Karen Finerman 1965 American television personality
91 Karen Barad 1956 American feminist theorist and physicist
92 Karen Joy Fowler 1950 American novelist, short story writer, editor
93 Karen Martini 1971 Australian chef
94 Karen Jacobsen Australian singer, Siri voice
95 Karen Greenlee 1956
96 Karen Pittman American actress
97 Karen Pritzker 1958 American billionaire
98 Karen Karapetyan 1963 Prime Minister of Armenia
99 Karen Dunbar 1971 British actress
100 Karen Traviss 2000 British science fiction author
101 Karen L. Nyberg 1969 American astronaut
102 Karen Barber 1961 English ice dancer
103 Karen Lamm 1952
104 Karen Souza Musician
105 Karen Martínez 1979 Colombian actress
106 Karen Cliche 1976 Canadian actress
107 Karen Minier 1973 Television presenter
108 Karen Civil 1986
109 Karen Miller 1961 Novelist
110 Karen Kain 1951 Canadian ballerina
111 Karen Hayes Character from the television series 24
112 Karen Lewis 1953 American labor leader
113 Karen Briggs 1963 American violinist
114 Karen Freeman-Wilson 1960 American mayor
115 Karen Matheson 1963 British singer
116 Karen Ingenthron 1945 American actress
117 Karen Fraction 1958 Actress
118 Karen Spencer
119 Karen Brady 1989 Camogie player
120 Karen Aston 1964 American basketball coach
121 Karen Newman American musician
122 Karen Juantorena 1983 Mexican actor and television actor
123 Karen Price 1960 American actress
124 Karen Buck 1958 British politician
125 Karen Mills 1953 Administrator of the Small Business Administration
126 Karen Rojo 1980
127 Karen Mukupa 1973 Danish composer
128 Karen Pendleton 1946 American actress
129 Karen Rose 1964 American writer
130 Karen Hesse 1952 American writer
131 Karen Graham 1945 American model
132 Karen Walker New Zealand fashion designer
133 Karen Stupples 1973 Professional golfer
134 Karen delos Reyes 1984 Filipino actress
135 Karen Sandler American lawyer
136 Karen DeCrow 1937 American lawyer
137 Karen Akers 1945 American actress
138 Karen Paullada 2000 Welsh actress
139 Karen LeBlanc Canadian actress
140 Karen Young 1951 American singer
141 Karen Cockburn 1980 Gymnast
142 Karen Moncrieff 1963 Film director
143 Karen Kamon 1951 American musician
144 Karen Vick
145 Karen Poole 1971 British singer
146 Karen Pini 1957 Model, actress, TV presenter
147 Karen Ziemba 1957 American actress
148 Karen Berger 1958 American comic book editor
149 Karen Leigh King 1954 American academic studying early Christianity and Gnosticism
150 Karen DeSalvo American federal official
151 Karen Shakhnazarov 1952 Soviet film director
152 Karen McCrimmon 1959 Canadian politician
153 Karen Elliott House 1947 Journalist and former executive
154 Karen Böhne 1963 German actress
155 Karen Knowles 1964 Australian entertainer
156 Karen Kwan 1978 Figure skater
157 Karen Lumley 1964 British politician
158 Karen Henthorn 1963 English actress
159 Karen Montgomery 1949 American actor and film producer
160 Karen Atala 1963
161 Karen Pickering 1971 British swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion, former world record-holder
162 Karen McNamara 1964 Australian politician
163 Karen Robards 1954 American writer
164 Karen Sheperd 1961 American actor and martial artist
165 Karen L. Henderson 1944 United States federal judge
166 Karen Cellini 1958 American actress
167 Karen Prell 1959 American muppeteer
168 Karen Kwiatkowski 1960 Retired military officer and author
169 Karen Morrow 1936 American actress and singer
170 Karen Alloy 1977 American comedienne, actress
171 Karen Gaviola 2000 Television director
172 Karen Meagher British actress
173 Karen Marinho 1990 Brazilian actress
174 Karen Tso Australian journalist
175 Karen Gaffney 1977 American swimmer
176 Karen Wolek
177 Karen Johnson Boyd 1924
178 Karen Demirchyan 1932 Soviet politician
179 Karen Thisted 1946 Danish journalist
180 Karen White 1964 American writer
181 Karen Iwata 1998 Japanese singer
182 Karen Dyer 1977 American actress
183 Karen M. Waldron 1961 American actress
184 Karen T. Taylor 1952 American artist
185 Karen Stintz 1970 Canadian politician
186 Karen Pang Australian actress
187 Karen Damen 1974 Female vocalist from Belgium, known for K3
188 Karen Hollins
189 Karen Corr 1969 Northern Irish professional pool and snooker player
190 Karen Disher 1972 Actress from the United States
191 Karen Stollznow 1976 Linguist, skeptic
192 Karen Carter Peterson 1969 American politician
193 Karen Wynn 1962 Canadian psychologist
194 Karen Fisher 1976 American pornographic actress
195 Karen Miyama 1996 Japanese actress
196 Karen Drury 1958 British actress
197 Karen Spärck Jones 1935 British computer scientist
198 Karen McCarron American murderer
199 Karen Abbott 1973 American writer
200 Karen Ramirez 1971 British singer