Given name
Karene
“one who is pure; virginal”
In English use, Karene has a related form in Karen. In Greek use, Karen carries the interpretation “one who is pure; virginal.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Karene has a related form in Karen. In Greek use, Karen carries the interpretation “one who is pure; virginal.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Karene is a form of Karen. Karen comes from Danish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Karene through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 501
- 0 boys · 501 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 17 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 6 in 1997. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 606 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Karene’s family of names
In English usage, Karene has a related form in Karen.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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