Given name · Armenian
Կարեն
“one who is pure; virginal”·“one who is pure; chaste”
Կարեն (Karen) is a masculine given name from Old Armenian. It is used in Armenian.
ArmenianWritten in Armenian script. In English: Karen.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Կարեն is Karen written in the Armenian alphabet. In Greek use, Karen carries the interpretation “one who is pure; virginal.” Karen is a form of Katherine. In Greek use, Katherine carries the interpretation “one who is pure; virginal.” In English use, Karen has a related form in Karan. One Greek interpretation is “one who is pure; chaste.”
Explained through its name family
Կարեն’s family of names
In Armenian usage, Կարեն has a conventional equivalent in the English form Karen. In Armenian usage, Կարեն can be written in the Roman alphabet as Karen. In Armenian usage, Կարեն has a transliteration in Karen.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Կարեն has relatives in 3 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Կարեն
- Karen ShakhnazarovRussian film directorborn 1952
- Karen KarapetyanPrime Minister of Armeniaborn 1963
- Karen AsrianArmenian chess player (1980–2008)
- Karen DemirchyanSoviet politician (1932-1999)
- Karen MuradyanArmenian football playerborn 1992
- Karen DokhoyanArmenian footballerborn 1976
- Karen AleksanyanArmenian footballerborn 1980
- Karen OganesyanArmenian film directorborn 1978
- Karen GevorkianSoviet film directorborn 1941
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