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Karen

Russian translation: Карен

18:32 Oct 24, 2004
English to Russian translations [Non-PRO]
Names (personal, company)
English term or phrase: Karen
Please tell me how this name is usually written in Russian. Does it decline? Thanks very much.
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Russian translation:Карен
Explanation:
The name is of Armenian origin, as far as I know. It can be both male and female.

It declines if it's male: Карен, Карена, Карену, etc.

It does not decline if it's female: always "Карен".
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Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Local time: 12:47
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karen
Карен


Explanation:
The name is of Armenian origin, as far as I know. It can be both male and female.

It declines if it's male: Карен, Карена, Карену, etc.

It does not decline if it's female: always "Карен".

Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Local time: 12:47
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 66
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agree  Mikhail Kropotov: in the U.S. Karen is usually female, yet Карен (emphasis on 'ren') is male.
8 mins
  -> exactly. Карен Шахназаров, например. Btw, I always wondered how Karen came to be mostly female name in the USA or the GB
agree  Yelena.
1 hr
agree  Natalie
2 hrs
agree  nekogda
6 days
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
karen
below


Explanation:
In Russian there is Karina for female names from Lat. 'carina' ('keel' of a boat / ship) or (Soviet history from Karsk sea to commemorate a heroic polar quest of 'Cheluskin' in 1933). -

took info from the Dictionary of people's names, Kyiv, 1986 (in Ukr.)

I would not be surprised if the English 'Karen' originated from the same Latin 'carina' as Russian Karina.


Vladimir Dubisskiy
United States
Local time: 04:47
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