Karen is a given name. In English, it is a feminine name derived from the name Catherine, like other similar Germanic language names. In Kurdistan, 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.
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In English, Karen is usually a feminine given name.
The name Karen was one of the top 10 names for girls born in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s, peaking as the 3rd most popular girl's name in 1965.
Karen is a Danish short form of "Katherine". It has been common in the English-speaking world since the 1940s. Variants include Caja, Kaja (Danish), Caren, Caryn, Karena, Kaat, Karin, Karyn, Kerena. The name is used in the Danish, Arabic, Dutch, Hebrew, Norwegian, German and English languages.
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In Kurdistan, Armenia and Iran
In Armenia, Iran, and Kurdistan Karen is a common masculine given name.
The masculine given name Karen derived from the Persian name of House of Karen (or Caren), one of the seven aristocratic families of the Mads Empire (Medians- Medes), who settled in Western parts of Pre-Persia Iran (The ancestors of Kurds). Several Persian princes named Karen are known before and after the Islamic period. The Karen house ruled the Tabaristan region of Iran, which approximately corresponds to the current provinces of Gilan state and Mazandaran. Moreover, Karen means a brave (or a valorous) man in Persian.
Kar or car (???) means work or job in Persian and Kurdish. En (??) is an archaic suffix, which acts similar to (ist) in English. Therefore, the literal meaning of the name is he who sees/gets the job done. The last son of Kaveh the Blacksmith was named Karen. Karen had lost 12 older brothers to the evil Emperor Zahak, but survived to see the end of a revolution initiated by his father. According to the legend in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, Zahak was cursed with two snakes on his shoulders. Zahak was advised to feed the snakes using brains of young boys to keep the curse from growing. Kaveh managed to dismantle Zahak's reign and save his last son with the help of a Persian king.
In Armenian, Karen is also derived from the ancient Armenian masculine given name Kar. Kar Haykazuni, for example, was a king of ancient Armenia who reigned from 1287 to 1283 B.C. during the Hayk Nahapet dynasty.
The masculine given name Garen is a Western Armenian form of the Eastern Armenian Karen.
The masculine given name Karen was mentioned by the prominent Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi (ca. 410-490s AD; Armenian: ?????? ????????) in his book History of Armenia.
Karen can also be a surname.
In Asia
In Asia, Karen is a feminine given name. The name can be found in Japan, and less commonly in such places as China, Malaysia and Philippines
Notable people
First name
Surname
- Anna Karen (born 1936), British actress
- James Karen (born 1923), American actor
- Tom Karen (born 1926), British industrial designer
Armenian, Iranian, Russian, and Estonian men
- Karen Asrian (1980-2008), Armenian chess grandmaster
- Karen Demirchyan (1932-1999), Armenian politician
- Karen Drambjan (1954-2011), Armenian-born Estonian lawyer, politician and activist
- Karen Khachanov (born 1996), Russian tennis player of Armenian descent
- Karen Khachaturian (1920-2011), Armenian/Russian composer
- Karen Sargsyan, Armenian choirmaster
- Karen Shakhnazarov (born 1952), Russian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter of Armenian origins
Surname
- Zarmihr Karen (died 558), Iranian nobleman and Sasanian governor of Zabulistan
Asian people
- Karen Iwata (born 1998), Japanese singer
- Karen Kong (born 1984), Malaysian-Chinese singer
- Karen Makishima (born 1976), Japanese politician
- Karen Miyama (born 1996), Japanese actress
- Karen Nun-Ira (born 1991), Japanese judoka
- Karen Tanaka (born 1961), Japanese composer
- Karen Yu (born 1980), Taiwanese politician
Fictional people
Live action
Animation
See also
- Karen (disambiguation)
- Garen (disambiguation)
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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