Meaning of the nameCaren

Caren is a spelling of the name Karen.

Meaning

The meaning of Caren is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 8,266
Rank in Brazil: #1,944
Median age: 28 years
2010 Census: 11,233; people

Caren in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Caren, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (2,390 people).

8,222 women 44 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Caren is most common

States with the highest share of people named Caren in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
Rio Grande do Sul	1,931	0.018%
São Paulo	1,776	0.004%
Rio de Janeiro	993	0.006%
Minas Gerais	498	0.002%
Bahia	491	0.004%
Santa Catarina	442	0.006%
Paraná	401	0.004%
Pará	226	0.003%
Amazonas	165	0.004%
Ceará	145	0.002%
Maranhão	144	0.002%
Pernambuco	134	0.002%
Goiás	134	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	131	0.005%
Mato Grosso	119	0.003%
Distrito Federal	81	0.003%
Rondônia	78	0.005%
Espírito Santo	64	0.002%
Piauí	55	0.002%
Amapá	49	0.007%
Rio Grande do Norte	46	0.001%
Acre	39	0.005%
Paraíba	37	0.001%
Sergipe	32	0.001%
Alagoas	24	0.001%
Tocantins	22	0.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Caren

It replaces the initial K with C; Wiktionary describes it as a less common spelling of Karen, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists it among its variants.

About the name Karen

Wiktionary traces Karen to Danish Karen, a medieval variant of Katharina, and Behind the Name calls it a short Danish form of Katherine, with Catarina and Cátia as related Portuguese forms. The etymology of Katherine is debated: Behind the Name gathers Greek hypotheses, such as hekateros, 'each of the two', and a Coptic one, and recalls that in early Christianity the name was associated with Greek katharos, 'pure'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records Caren, Carem and Karem among the spelling variants of Karen. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 77,698 people named Karen, with a median age of 25.

Other spellings of Karen

Spelling	People (2022)
Karen	77,698
Caren	8,266

Sources

Wiktionary: Karen · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Karen · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Katherine · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Caren · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Karen · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Caren

What does the name Caren mean?

The meaning of Caren is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Caren in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 8,266 people with the first name Caren, which ranks it number 1,944 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Caren a boy's or a girl's name?

Caren is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 8,222 women and 44 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Caren?

Caren is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Caren most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.018% of the state's population is named Caren (1,931 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Caren?

Karen. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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