Given name & surname
Kare
“an enormous man”
Kare is used as a given name and a surname. One Scandinavian interpretation is “an enormous man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scandinavian interpretation is “an enormous man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scandinavian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1953. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kare through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 109
- 0 boys · 109 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1962. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 635 as a first name in 2020; 211 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kare’s family of names
In Greenlandic usage, Kare has a related form in Kari. Kare has a related form in Kaire. Kare has a related form in Kaer.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kare has relatives in 13 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
13 related names in 13 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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People named Kare
- Kare AdeneganBritish para athletics competitorborn 2000
- Kare KauksEstonian singer and music teacher (born 1961)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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