Caryn

Caryn: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “pure”
Origin: English
Say it: KAIR-in · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Caryn is usually a modern spelling variant of Karen or Carin. Through Katherine-family associations, it is commonly linked with the meaning pure.

English names American names Names meaning pure Modern names Short names

How popular is Caryn?

20240 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Caryn in 20240

Peak year1965

Total US babies since 188012,182

Caryn was not given to enough US babies in 2024 to appear in the records.

Names like Caryn

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Karenpure · Danish
Karonuncertain · Unknown
Karynpure · Danish
Carenuncertain; often treated as a Karen variant · Unknown
Oliviaolive tree · English
Evelyndesired; little bird · English
Harperharp player · English
Violetviolet flower · English

Caryn questions

What does the name Caryn mean?

Caryn means "pure". It comes from English. Caryn is usually a modern spelling variant of Karen or Carin. Through Katherine-family associations, it is commonly linked with the meaning pure.

Is Caryn a boy or girl name?

Caryn is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Caryn?

Caryn was given to fewer than 5 babies of either sex in 2024; its peak year was 1965.

How do you pronounce Caryn?

Caryn is usually pronounced KAIR-in.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.