Karena
given name · Latin script
Meaning: weibl. Vom., Erweiterung von
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/kəɹinə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Karena is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 52K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 101K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 113K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 333 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)
≈10,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Hong Kong, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
weibl. Vom., Erweiterung von
Sources 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Karena 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 136K | — | Karena | 16 |
| US United States | — | 3,292 | 1 in 101K | 3.3K | Karena | 333 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈580 est. | ≈1 in 113K | 3 | Karena | 106 |
| HK Hong Kong | #802 | ≈510 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Karena | 24 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈490 est. | ≈1 in 52K | 3 | Karena | 93 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 49K | 14 | Karena | 37 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈90 est. | ≈1 in 58K | — | Karena | 25 |
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; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Karena is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In mqs, because, since
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Indonesian, because
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Basque, ‘dwarf’
as a wordTrask, Etymological Dictionary of Basque (2008 posthumous draft)
In Basque, ( V-ger-m ), kadena ( V-ger ) Ref.: A ( karena, kadena ) ; EAEL 471 . "Carena" A . Potin andirik geienak [...] ondo garbitu ta pike-koipetsu edo karena barria emoteko legorrera jasota eukiezan . Ag Kr 37. Txalopa garbituta, karena bear bazun karenaturik . Elizdo EEs 1925, 248.
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
In Latvian, pavalsts Mjanmas Savienībā (Birmā) ("Kayin"), administratīvais centrs - Phaana, platība - 30382,8 km², 1574000 iedzīvotāju (2010. g.)
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
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)
- Karena Lamb. 1978CNTaiwanese-Canadian actress and singer (born 1978)
- Karena Wihongib. 1979NZNew Zealand rugby union player
- Antonina Łuszczykiewiczb. 1990PLnot in their usual namePolish international relations and cultural studies scholar
- Karena Evansb. 1995CACanadian director and actress
- Karena Johnsonb. 2000GBBritish theatre director
- Karena Floresb. 2000MXMexican actress
- Karena MassengillUSAmerican muralist and sculptor, active 20th century
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)
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 40 sources across 25 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3.3K | #5,276 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1974 | 114 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1970 | 101 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1973 | 100 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1971 | 100 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1975 | 98 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1972 | 97 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1977 | 96 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1993 | 95 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1976 | 92 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1994 | 89 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1996 | 86 | — |
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 are other forms of the name Karena?
- In the etymology graph, Karen, Catherine and Kathy are forms of the same name in other languages.
- What does the name Karena mean, and where does it come from?
- weibl. Vom., Erweiterung von Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen.
- How do you pronounce Karena?
- A machine transcription gives /kəɹinə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Karena a male or female name?
- Karena 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 Karena have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 10 thousand people named Karena in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled karena.
- How common is the name Karena?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,292 people named Karena in 2020, about 1 in 101 thousand residents.
- How common is Karena compared with other names?
- In Hong Kong, Karena is the 802nd most common given name of 23,276 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Karena?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/karenaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Karena” — the 802nd most common given name in Hong Kong. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.