Carene

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Synonym of carenum (“reduction of must or sweet wine in ancient European cuisine”)

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/kɑɹiːn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Carene is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Cameroon than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 173K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.6M
  • GPGuadeloupe≈1 in 26K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Cameroon (inferred from the name graph)

≈510 people, est.

Sources
122 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 26K (inferred from the name graph)

Guadeloupe, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Synonym of carenum (“reduction of must or sweet wine in ancient European cuisine”).

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Carene counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Carene is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CM Cameroon≈510 est.≈1 in 55K—Carene7
FR France≈390 est.≈1 in 173K320Carene122
PH Philippines≈350 est.≈1 in 308K—Carene22
CI Côte d’Ivoire≈340 est.≈1 in 82K—Carene6
US United States2031 in 1.6M199Carene116
GA Gabon≈41 est.≈1 in 54K5Carene4
GP Guadeloupe≈17 est.≈1 in 26K5—4

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 971 (Guadeloupe). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Carene is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Brazil, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Carène, Caréne, Carené

  • French (Côte d’Ivoire) given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Côte d’Ivoire

    Also written Carène

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Carène

  • Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Carène

  • Arabic given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt, United States

    Also written Carène, Caréne

29 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Carene is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Spanish, inflection of carenar:

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Carene,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 18 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Carene
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197150—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196150—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198146—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195146—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199143—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192128—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194125—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)191123—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193121—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)190110—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)18911—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Carene mean, and where does it come from?
Synonym of carenum (“reduction of must or sweet wine in ancient European cuisine”). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Carene?
A machine transcription gives /kɑɹiːn/ (IPA) for English.
Is Carene a male or female name?
Carene is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Carene have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 506 people named Carene in Cameroon, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled carene.
How common is the name Carene?
In the United States, the national register counted 203 people named Carene in 2020, about 1 in 1.6 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Carene”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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