Given name
Karyn
“one who is pure; virginal”
In English use, Karyn 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, Karyn has a related form in 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 1932. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Karyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14,140
- 5 boys · 14,135 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 607 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −91%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 607 in 1964. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 14,141 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.
Karyn’s family of names
In English usage, Karyn has a related form in Karen. In English usage, Karyn has a related form in Karine. In English usage, Karyn has a conventional equivalent in the French form Karine.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Karyn
- Karyn ParsonsAmerican actress, author, and comedian (born 1956)born 1966
- Karyn KusamaAmerican film directorborn 1968
- Karyn KupcinetAmerican actress (1941-1963)
- Karyn WhiteAmerican singerborn 1965
- Karyn DwyerCanadian actress (1975-2018)
- Karyn PolitoAmerican politician and lawyerborn 1966
- Karyn Bye-DietzAmerican ice hockey playerborn 1971
- Karyn MarshallAmerican weightlifterborn 1956
- Karyn BravoBrazilian journalistborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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