Given name
Karuna
“a compassionate woman”
Karuna is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “a compassionate woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a compassionate woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Karuna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 144
- 0 boys · 144 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,103 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.
Karuna’s family of names
Karuna has a related form in Karoona. Karuna has a related form in Karoonah. Karuna has a related form in Karouna.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Karuna
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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