Given name
Karianne
“one who is pure; virginal”
Karianne is a variant of Karen. In Greek use, Karen carries the interpretation “one who is pure; virginal.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Karianne is a variant of Karen. In Greek use, Karen carries the interpretation “one who is pure; virginal.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Karianne through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 999
- 0 boys · 999 girls
- Most popular year
- 1986
- 36 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 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 36 in 1986. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 953 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.
Karianne’s family of names
Karianne has a related form in Karen. In Norwegian usage, Karianne has a related form in KARIANE. In Norwegian usage, Karianne has a related form in Karijanne.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
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 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Karianne
- Karianne TungNorwegian politicianborn 1984
- Karianne BjellånesNorwegian cross-country skierborn 1986
- Karianne ChristiansenNorwegian alpine skier1949–1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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