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Karyn

Karyn: name meaning, origin & popularity

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

A spelling variant of Karen, which is a Danish form of Katherine/Catherine. The name ultimately goes back to Greek Aikaterine, traditionally associated with the meaning 'pure'.

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How popular is Karyn?

20242.1 per million US babies
1880192019602000
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 Karyn in 20247

Peak year1964

Total US babies since 188014,140

Karyn is fading: recent use is about 20% of its level ten years before.

Names like Karyn

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Karenpure · Danish
  • Karonuncertain · Unknown
  • Carynpure · English
  • Carenuncertain; often treated as a Karen variant · Unknown

Karyn questions

What does the name Karyn mean?

Karyn means "pure". It comes from Danish. A spelling variant of Karen, which is a Danish form of Katherine/Catherine. The name ultimately goes back to Greek Aikaterine, traditionally associated with the meaning 'pure'.

Is Karyn a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Karyn?

7 US babies were named Karyn in 2024. Its peak year was 1964.

How do you pronounce Karyn?

Karyn 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.