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Karon

Karon: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“uncertain”
Origin
Unknown
Say it
KAIR-on · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (66% girls, 34% boys since 1880)

Karon has uncertain origin as a given name. It may function as a variant of Karen or Caron in some cases, but usage and derivation are not consistent. The origin of this name is not settled among etymologists.

How popular is Karon?

20249.6 per million US babies
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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.

Babies named Karon in 202432

2024 rank#3,537 boys

Peak year1948

Total US babies since 18809,385

Karon is fading: recent use is about 50% of its level ten years before.

Names like Karon

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Karenpure · Danish
  • Karynpure · Danish
  • Carynpure · English
  • Carenuncertain; often treated as a Karen variant · Unknown
  • Amariuncertain; several origins proposed · Unknown
  • Kamariuncertain · Unknown
  • Kashmirname of the Kashmir region · Unknown
  • Itzaeuncertain · Unknown

Karon questions

What does the name Karon mean?

Karon means "uncertain". It comes from Unknown. Karon has uncertain origin as a given name. It may function as a variant of Karen or Caron in some cases, but usage and derivation are not consistent.

Is Karon a boy or girl name?

Karon is used for both: about 66% of US babies named Karon since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Karon?

32 US babies were named Karon in 2024. Its peak year was 1948.

How do you pronounce Karon?

Karon is usually pronounced KAIR-on.

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.