Karen (name)

Karen is a female first name. It is the Danish and later English, variant of Catherine (from the Greek, the Pure).

Karen is very commonly used in Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian countries. In Japan, it has also become a common first name.

Name winners

• Karen Allen ( born 1951 ), American actress
• Karen Barad ( born 1956 ), American physicist and philosopher
• Karen Black (1939-2013), American actress
• Karen Blixen (1885-1962), Danish writer
• Karen Boehne (* 1963), German actress
• Karen Budge ( b. 1949 ), American alpine skier
• Karen Carpenter (1950-1983), American singer
• Karen Duve (* 1961), German writer
• Karen - Susan Fessel (born 1964 ), German writer
• Karen Forkel (* 1970), German track and field athlete
• Karen Fredersdorf (1892-1985), German singer and actress
• Karen Friesicke (* 1962), German actress
• Karen Grassle ( born 1942 ), American actress
• Karen Haude, German hockey player
• Karen Henry (* 1974), German radio and television presenter
• Karen Horney (1885-1952), German psychoanalyst
• Karen Hughes ( born 1956 ), American politician
• Karen Jansen (born 1971 ), German child actress
• Karen Jeppe (1876-1935), Danish missionary
• Karen Lafferty ( born 1948 ), American singer and music teacher
• Karen Lancaume (1973-2005), French actress
• Karen Markwardt (* 1976), German reporter and presenter
• Karen McDougal (born 1971 ), American fashion model and actress
• Karen Mulder ( b. 1970 ), Dutch mannequin, model and actress
• Karen Percy ( b. 1966 ), Canadian alpine skier
• Caren Pfleger (* 1942), German fashion designer and former model
• Karen Putzer (born 1978 ), Italian alpine skier
• Karen Russell ( born 1981 ), American writer
• Karen Schönwälder (* 1959), German journalist
• Karen Stemmle ( b. 1964 ), Canadian alpine skier
• Karen Susman ( born 1942 ), American tennis player
• Karen Traviss (*?), English novelist
• Karen Webb (born 1971 ), German television presenter
• Karen Young (born 1958 ), American actress
• Karen Zapata ( b. 1982 ), Peruvian chess player