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First name origin & meaning:

Greek: Pure

First name variations: Caren, Carin, Caron, Caronn, Carren, Carrin, Carron, Carryn, Caryn, Carynn, Carynne, Kare, Kareen, Karenna, Kari, Karin, Karina, Karan, Karon, Karron, Karryn, Karyn, Keren, Kerran, Kerrin, Kerron, Kerrynn, Keryn, Kerynne, Taren, Taryn, Karen

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Polish and Ukrainian: nickname for a man of powerful build, from Polish and Ukrainian taran ‘battering ram’.
  2. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) and Ukrainian: either a nickname from Ukrainian taran ‘pock’, or a metonymic occupational name from another meaning of the same word, ‘tool used in a churn for butter making’.

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