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Karen

Danish form of Katherine and ultimately derived from the name, Aikaterina that has placed among the top 200 on the chart since 1935 and peaked in 1965 at No. 3, the same year singer Karen Carpenter joined her brother, Richard's band, "The Richard Carpenter Trio." In 1969, Karen and her brother formed the famous duo, "The Carpenters," just before their first two breakthrough 1970 hits, "Close to You" and "We've Only Just Begun." Since 1999, one-eyed villain character, "Plankton," from Nickelodeon's hit television show, "SpongeBob SquarePants,"has a computer wife that also bears this name. , Pure

Origin: Greek; English

Gender: Unisex

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