Karon

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 63 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
63
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Karon by the numbers

Karon was given to 63 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 264 babies in 1948, so it is a 1940s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Karon

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Karon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Karenpure; a form of Catherine559 in the US (2017)
  • Karinpure; a form of Karen30 in the US (2017)
  • Karynpure; a form of Karen or Carina23 in the US (2017)
  • Kalonbeautiful and good; from kalon14 in the US (2017)
  • Keron16 in the US (2017)
  • Kayon12 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Karon

Names that are said the same way as Karon, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kareengenerous; a form of Karim11 in the US (2017)
  • Karinnepure; a form of Karen or Karin7 in the US (2017)
  • Karinepure; a form of Katherine5 in the US (2017)
  • Karrinepure; a form of Katherine5 in the US (2017)
  • Carina form of karen or caring, pure
  • Kaarenpure; variant of Karen

Names about as common as Karon

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