Karen
Karen is a feminine name, derived from the Danish short form of Katherine.
In Armenian it is a masculine name., having his origins probably from the name of House of Karen, aristocratic family, one of so-called Parthian clans.
The feminine name was one of the top ten names for girls born in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s, peaking as the 3rd most popular girl's name in 1965.
It can also be a surname.
Women named Karen
Karen Allen (born 1951), American actress
Karen Anderson (born 1971), Jamaican squash player
Karen Armstrong (born 1944), British author on comparative religion
Karen Blixen (1885 - 1962), Danish author under the pen name Isak Dinesen
Karen Carpenter (1950 - 1983), American singer and drummer in the duo The Carpenters
Karen Clark-Sheard (born 1960), American gospel singer and sonwriterer member of the Clark Sisters
Karen Dunne (born 1967), American track and road cyclist
Karen Elson (born 1979), British model and singer
Karen Horning (born 1966), Peruvian breaststroke swimmer
Karen Kain (born 1951), Canadian ballerina, currently artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada
Karen Killilea (born 1940), subject of two books by her mother, Marie Killilea
Karen Kingsbury Christian fiction author
Karen Kurreck (born 1962), American road cyclist
Karen LaFace (born 1966), American diver
Karen McDougal (born 1971), American model, actress and "Playmate of the month"
Karen Ann Quinlan (1954 - 1985), central figure in an American right-to-die controversy
Karen Smith (Australian) (born 1979), Australian field hockey player
Karen Smith (New Zealand) (born 1970), New Zealand field hockey player
Karen Smyers (born 1961), American triathlete
Karen Taylor (comedian) (born 1976), British comedienne
Anna Karen (born 1936), British actress
Men named Karen
Karen Asrian (1980 - 2008), Armenian chess grandmaster
Karen Demirchyan (1932 - 1999), Armenian politician
Karen Khachaturian (born 1920), Armenian/Russian composer
Karen Shakhnazarov (born 1952), Russian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter of Armenian origins
Characters named Karen
Karen Hayes, on the television show 24
Karen Filippelli, on the television show The Office
Karen Mizuki, in J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai
Karen Onodera from Please Twins!
Karen, in Sister Princess
Karen Hill, in Goodfellas
Karen Sisco, an American television series, eponymous character played by Carla Gugino
Karen Walker, in the television show Will & Grace
Karen Cooper Fairgate MacKenzie, on the television show Knots Landing
Karen Smith, in the motion picture Mean Girls
Karen Collins, wife of protagonist in Irving Wallace's novel The R Document
Karen, Plankton's computer wife in the Nickelodeon series Spongebob Squarepants and in the movie
Karen, cartoon character assisting Frosty to the North Pole in Frosty The Snowman
Karen Darling, on the television series Dirty Sexy Money
Other
Karen languages
Karen people
Tropical Storm Karen
Translation
The word "Karen" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Spanish, French, Icelandic, Swedish.
Translation(s) in other languages: Belarusian: Імя Карэн, Norwegian (Bokmål): Karen (navn).
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